Lord of the World

Description

It is a world seemingly without conflict. There are no battles, no religion. Imagine! And yet, all is not well. There is a war going on. The godlessness of the world, disguised in comfortable Humanism, gnaws at the minds and souls of the people. Euthanasia is rampant, a way to escape a sterile and meaningless world. Only the ghettoized, underground Catholic Church and its few remaining adherents struggle to keep Christianity alive. Pushed to the edges of society, their biggest and most important conflict comes in the form of Julian Felsenburgh, the leader of the new world order . . . and an Anti-Christ. It is left to Father Percy Franklin and the small band of remaining Catholics to fight this, perhaps, final battle of Good vs. Evil; Christ vs. Anti-Christ. Written more than 100 years ago, Lord of the World remains just as profound today as it did when it was first published.—TAN Books description“Mr. Benson sees the world, four or five generations hence, free at last from all minor quarrels, and ranged against itself in two camps, Humanitarianism for those who believe in no divinity but that of man, Catholicism for those who believe in no divinity but that of God.” This apocalyptic novel from the early 1900's is sometimes deemed one of the first modern dystopias. (Summary from an original London Times review and Wikipedia) Genre(s): Religious Fiction, Science Fiction Language: English* * *Left off ~2h 45m of the audio book, but got bored of it. Storytelling (≟poetry) is " *infima inter omnes doctrinas* " ([ *S.T.* I q. 1 a. 9 arg. 1](https://isidore.co/aquinas/summa/FP/FP001.html#FPQ1A9THEP1)).I should probably finish it, as, along with [*Revolution & Counter-Revolution*](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=2845), *Novus Ordo* Sect–U.N. relations expert [Alexander Tschugguel recommends it](https://youtu.be/i4Rr5wXSXII?t=1983).