By Adso of Montier-En-Der (written between 949/954)

This treatise was written at the request of Queen Gerbera of France for clarification on the details of the rise and life of the Antichrist.

This version was translated by Bernard McGinn. The prologue to Queen Gerbera is omitted here.

I have found this text on FRONTLINE's report "Apocalypse!" and its companion web site. It originally stems from 'Apocalyptic Spirituality: Treatises and Letters of Lactantius, Adso of Montier-en-Der, Joachim of Fiore'. The Franciscan Spirituals, Savonarola
© 1979 by the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle in the State of New York.

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