The Fathers of the Church on the Antichrist
The English term from the Greek antichristos meaning “against Christ” or “adversary of Christ.” The term Antichrist is used only by John (1 John 2:18; 22; 4:3; 2 John 7), although the idea is found in other Scriptural writers in both the Old and New Testaments. In general antichrist is hostile to the person and […]
Antichrist
Victor R. Claveau, MJ Antichrist is a term used only by St. John, although the idea is found in other St. Paul’s writings. It itself might mean “like Christ” or “instead of Christ”. In general antichrist is hostile to the person and to the work of Christ and will appear at the height of the […]
The Fathers of the Church on the “Antichrist.”
St. Polycarp of Smyrna [AD 155/156] “Everyone who does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is an antichrist; whoever does not confess the testimony of the cross is the devil; and whoever perverts the sayings of the Lord for his own desires, and says that there is neither resurrection or judgment, […]
A Protestant View on the Antichrist
Victor R. Claveau, MJ Matthew Henry identifies the “man of sin”, the focus of latter-day apostasy, and the Antichrist as the papacy in his interpretation of 2 Thessalonians 2:3.[1] I. A General Apostacy, there would come a falling away first, v. 3. By this apostasy we are not to understand a defection in the state, or from […]
Pope as the Anti-Christ and Rome as the Whore of Babylon
Victor R. Claveau, MJ When the fathers of the reformation broke away from the unity and communion of the Catholic Church, they found it convenient to justify their schism by claiming that the Pope was the Antichrist, and Rome the scarlet “Whore of Babylon.” The term antichrist is used only by St. John, although the […]