Scivias: Yolları Bil ve Yaşayan Işığın Görüleri

In the "three books of visions and revelations," entitled Scivias (Domini), Know the Ways (of the Lord), Saint Hildegard describes the paths that eternal wisdom took for the salvation of mankind, after the disobedience of the forefather had plunged the entire race into the death of sin. The concluding visions of the third book describe, in a prophetic fore-vision, the end of the world: in the last age, wickedness will prevail. The holy Church will suffer inexpressibly in her members, the elect, as hell exerts its full power to ruin souls. Through devilish arts of seduction and diabolical miracles, the Antichrist will beguile the gullible, and oppress those who remain faithful with the most cruel persecution and unheard-of torments. But Christ the Lord fights in his Church and triumphs within her. She will rise more powerful, more beautiful, and more radiant to enter into the eternal wedding with her divine Bridegroom. This is the completion. Time ceases. Eternity begins. With this hopeful outlook on the final transfiguration, the main line of thought of the Scivias reaches its goal. The journey through the history of humanity ends at the steps of the divine throne. But what the visionary sees is only completed in this vision of hers.