MoM= Fudge out, Malfoy in

[Susan XG]

No: HPFGUIDX 59955

Felinia:

"Here's my prediction, which does include some vague parts:  Fudge is going 
to turn out to be a baddie, but through ineptitude and blindness, not any 
real deep-seated evil.  (Sort of like the appease hitler crew in Britain in 
WWII.)  Because of his current position, he's going to make some very bad 
decisions, incluiding at least one major one that will have widespread  
impact, and cause a very open breach between Hogwarts and the MoM  (among 
others).  Because that kind of character and that sort of misguidedness is 
too tough to sustain through three more books as the sole cause de guerre, I
think that Fudge is going to buy it near the end of Book V - and that 
because of other circumstances that have been set up all along, the new 
Minister of Magic will be...Lucius Malfoy."


Excellent prediction! I agree with you as well. In fact, it has a kind of 
"historical" support.

In Ancient Rome (around 250 CE/AD), Pope Cornelius began his reign over the 
Catholic Church.


According to http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04375c.htm

"We may accept the statement of the Liberian catalogue that he reigned two 
years, three months, and ten days, for Lipsius, Lightfoot, and Harnack have 
shown that this list is a first-rate authority for this date. His 
predecessor, Fabian, was put to death by Decius, 20 January, 250. About the 
beginning of March, 251 the persecution slackened, owing to the absence of 
the emperor, against whom two rivals had arisen. It was possible to assemble 
sixteen bishops at Rome, and Cornelius was elected though against his 
will.."

"A few weeks later the Roman priest Novatian made himself antipope, and the 
whole Christian world was convulsed by the schism at Rome"

"At the beginning of 252 a new persecution suddenly broke out. Cornelius was 
exiled..."

"In June Cornelius died a martyr, as St. Cyprian repeatedly calls him. The 
Liberian catalogue has ibi cum glori dormicionem accepit, and this may mean 
that he died of the rigours of his banishment, though later accounts say 
that he was beheaded."



Sound familiar? A persecution ends and then begins anew...Cornelius was 
exiled (probably because he was incompetent). Some say he died a martyr, 
others say he was beheaded...What if Fudge is sent to Azkaban...given the 
Dementor's Kiss or something...An "anti-pope" was declared...could this be 
Dumbledore? Hmmm...


On Pope St. Lucius:

From:  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09411a.htm

"After the death of St. Cornelius, who died in exile in the summer of 253, 
Lucius was chosen to fill his place, and consecrated Bishop of Rome"

"The persecution of the Church under the Emperor Gallus, during which 
Cornelius had been banished, still went on. Lucius also was sent into exile 
soon after his consecration, but in a short time, presumably when Valerian 
was made emperor, he was allowed to return to his flock. The Felician 
Catalogue, whose information is found in the "Liber Pontificalis", informs 
us of the banishment and the miraculous return of Lucius"

"Cyprian continues, alluding to the three Hebrew children in the fiery 
furnace, that the return from exile did not lessen the glory of the 
confession, and that the persecution, which was directed only against the 
confessors of the true Church, proved which was the Church of Christ. In 
conclusion he describes the joy of Christian Rome on the return of its 
shepherd. When Cyprian asserts that the Lord by means of persecution sought 
"to bring the heretics to shame and to silence them," and thus to prove 
where the Church was, who was her one bishop chosen by God's dispensation, 
who were her presbyters bound up with the bishop in the glory of the 
priesthood, who were the real people of Christ, united to His flock by a 
peculiar love, who were those who were oppressed by their enemies, and at 
the same time who those were whom the Devil protects as his own, he 
obviously means the Novatians. The schism of Novatian, through which he was 
brought forward as antipope, in opposition to Cornelius, still continued in 
Rome under Lucius".

"Lucius died in the beginning of March, 254."

"Cornelius, who died in exile, was honoured as a martyr by the Romans after 
his death; but not Lucius."

"The author of the "Liber Pontificalis" has unauthorizedly ascribed to St. 
Lucius a decretal, according to which two priests and three deacons must 
always accompany the bishop to bear witness to his virtuous life"


With Lucius in the post of the Minister of Magic, he basically has complete 
control over the Wizarding World. We already saw the beginnings of a 
"schism" between Hogwarts and the Ministry. An incompetent Fudge will find 
himself ousted from office ("exiled"), probably after a MAJOR mistake. 
Lucius will be "chosen" to take his place. He gets in there and things just 
get worse. Maybe at the beginning, it looks a little better or maybe Lucius 
does something unpopular and people want him gone...but he'll stay in 
office. Malfoy will oust Arthur, but will recruit an authority-pleasing 
Percy, which will turn him against his family. However, I think Percy will 
realize what's happening and pull an Italy at the last moment. History says 
Lucius dies and later becomes a saint...but he's not a martyr...Hmmm...Such 
possibilites

It's going to basically be like Nazi Germany and Dumbledore's side is going 
to be losing ground...they'll need support from around the world...

I know the saying "History repeats itself", but this is just plain scary.


Susan :o)

http://www.prophecygirl.com

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