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II
ROME’S HOLY CHILD
On the summit of the Capitol stood a monastery
occupied by Franciscan monks. It was, however,
less a monastery than a fortress. It was like a
watch-tower by the seashore, where watch was kept
for an approaching foe.
Near the monastery stood the magnificent basilica
“Santa Maria in Aracoeli.” The basilica was built
because the sibyl had caused Augustus to see Christ.
But the monastery was built because they feared the
fulfilment of the sibyl’s prophecy; that Antichrist
should come to be worshipped on the Capitol.
And the monks felt like warriors. When they
went to church to sing and pray, they thought that
they were walking on ramparts, and sending showers
of arrows down on the assaulting Antichrist.
They lived always in terror of Antichrist, and
all their service was a struggle to keep him away
from the Capitolium.
They drew their hats down over their eyes and
sat and gazed out into the world. Their eyes grew
feverish with watching, and they continually thought
they discovered Antichrist. “He is here, he is
there!” they cried. And they fluttered up in their
brown robes and braced themselves for the struggle,
as crows gather on a crag when they catch a glimpse
of an eagle.
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