Chapter 2: THREE CHILDREN OF CHRISTENDOM
• The sources. • The seers’ families. • Life at Aljustrel. • Lucy: the happy childhood of a privileged soul. • The smile of Our Lady and her First Communion at age six. • Jacinta, a pure and ardent heart. • Francisco, a calm and tender soul. • The trio: a supernatural friendship.

Chapter 3: THE ANGEL PRECURSOR
• The three apparitions of 1915. • The three great apparitions of 1916. • “The Angel of Peace”. • “The Angel of Portugal”. • The Angel of the Eucharist. • The message, prayer and sacrifice. • The sanctity of the Most High. • The unique mediation of the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary. • Sin and reparation. • The divine politics. • The communion of Saints. • Appendix I: Critical appraisal of the angelic apparitions. • Appendix II: The reality of the angelic apparitions.

Section II: The cycle of the apparitions of Our Lady

Chapter 4: «I AM OF HEAVEN» (SUNDAY, MAY 13)
• The sources. • Account of the apparition. • The message of May 13. • The apparition, revelation of the mysteries of the Immaculate. • Appendix: “She was all of light”.

Chapter 5: THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY PIERCED WITH THORNS (WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13)
• Before the apparition. • The apparition. • The signs. • The revelation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. • The great trial of Lucy.

Chapter 6: THE TWOFOLD PROPHECY: THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GREAT MIRACLE AND THE SECRET (FRIDAY, JULY 13)
• The apparition. • The great Secret. • The signs. • The twofold message of July 13. • The prayer “O my Jesus, forgive us…” • The prayer “O Jesus, it is for love of You…” • From July 13 to August 13: a hidden and heroic life. • Appendix I: Critical remarks on the revelation of the Secret. • Appendix II: The prayer for souls. The meaning of “alminhas”.

Chapter 7: THE BREATHTAKING COMMUNION OF SAINTS (SUNDAY, AUGUST 19)
• Freemasonry enters the picture. • “The Tinsmith”. • The events of August 13. • In prison at Ourem. • The apparition at Valinhos. • The message of August 19. • The life of the seers.

Chapter 8: A WONDERFUL MARIOPHANY (THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13)
• Heaven visits the earth. • Rain of flowers, cloud, luminous globe. • The message of the signs. • Waiting for the great miracle. • Appendix I: The atmospheric phenomena from May 13 to September 13. • Appendix II: Canon Formigao, first historian of Fatima.
Chapter 9: «I AM OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY» (SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13)

• Before the apparition. • The sixth apparition. • Three visions in the sky. • The message of October 13. • Appendix I: The multiform vision. • Appendix II: The promise of peace, “The war will end today”.

Section III: The divine seal, the miracle of October 13

Chapter 10: «THE DANCE OF THE SUN»
• History, science and faith. • History: an unprecedented event. • The sources. • The series of marvellous phenomena. • Science: an unquestionable miracle. The natural sciences, psychology, metaphysics and theology. • Faith: a spectacular sign. The triumph of the faith, the proof of the apparitions, the sign of the Secret. • A sign of hope. • Appendix I: The myth of collective hallucination. • Appendix II: Hypotheses on the nature of the solar miracle.

PART TWO: THE CRITICAL STUDY

INTRODUCTION: THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROBLEM
• The growth of the message. • Opposition to Fatima.

Chapter 1. THE MODERNIST SOLUTION OF FR. DHANIS: THE SECRET CONTESTED
• The stages of the controversy. • Fr. Dhanis, the only opponent since 1945. His thesis. • Fatima I and Fatima II. • His objections against Fatima. • Lucy is not credible. • The Secret contested. • Refutation of Father Dhanis. • From a theological point of view. • From the viewpoint of scientific criticism. • There are only two solutions.

Chapter 2. THE RATIONALIST SOLUTION OF GERARD DE SEDE
• A catalogue of objections. • The rationalist explanation. • Refutation: Where is the fraud? • Conclusion: Proof by the absurd.

Chapter 3. THE SOLUTION OF THE HISTORICAL CRITIQUE: THE TRUTH OF ALL OF FATIMA
• The truth of Fatima I. • Fatima II victorious over criticism. • An illusory dichotomy. • Worthless objections. • Bad faith unmasked. • The truth of Fatima II. • The “divine economy of the Secret”. • Conclusion: Beyond Criticism, the Great Light of Fatima.

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