Several American evangelical and fundamentalist theologians, including Cyrus Scofield, have identified the Antichrist as being in league with (or the same as) several figures in the Book of Revelation including the Dragon (or Serpent), the Beast, the False Prophet, and the Whore of Babylon. [133] As Satan [ edit ] See the Lexicon to Pindar. Related terms as noted by the Catholic Encyclopedia include: antibasileus – a king who fills an interregnum; antistrategos – a propraetor; anthoupatos – a proconsul; antitheos – in Homer, one resembling a god in power and beauty (in other works it stands for a hostile god). Luther's Last Battles: Politics And Polemics 1531–46 By Mark U. Edwards, Jr. Fortress Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-8006-3735-4 McGinn, Bernard (2000). Anti-Christ: Two Thousand Years of the Human Fascination With Evil. New York: Columbia University Press. p.100. ISBN 978-0231119771. Jerome (1893) [347–420]. "Letter to Pope Damasus". In Schaff, Philip (ed.). A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church. 2nd series. Vol.VI. Henry Wace. New York: The Christian Literature Company. p.19 . Retrieved June 7, 2010.

a b c "Does the Russian Orthodox Church Accept the "Mysteries" of the Heretics?". Orthodox Ethos. April 22, 2016 . Retrieved March 9, 2022. Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-12-03 . Retrieved 2018-12-07. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)He shall jump into the seas. The Sun will follow him. A mountain of smoke will precede him and a white mountain will follow him, which in times of famine will be mistaken to be a mountain of food (bread). He shall be mounted on a white ash. One step of that ash will be of one mile. Whichever spring or well he reaches, will dry up forever. He will call out aloud which shall be audible to all in the east and the west from the jinns, humans, and satans." [32] [31] His word has given warning of the impending danger; let this be unheeded, and the Protestant world will learn what the purposes of Rome really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare. She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the churches, and in the hearts of men. She is piling up her lofty and massive structures in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated. Stealthily and unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike. All that she desires is vantage ground, and this is already being given her. We shall soon see and shall feel what the purpose of the Roman element is. Whoever shall believe and obey the word of God will thereby incur reproach and persecution. [127] While I have not read everything Richardson has written, I haven’t seen him mention the fact that Islam, like the papacy, has been an antichrist candidate. The similar term pseudokhristos or "false Christ" is also found in the Gospels. [3] In Matthew ( chapter 24) and Mark ( chapter 13), Jesus alerts his disciples not to be deceived by the false prophets, who will claim themselves to be the Christ, performing "great signs and wonders". [4] [5] [6] Three other images often associated with the Antichrist are the "little horn" in Daniel's final vision, the " man of sin" in Paul the Apostle's Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, and the Beast of the Sea in the Book of Revelation. [7] [8] [9] Etymology [ edit ] The identificatio

The antichrist designation was removed in 1789 in the American edition. The revised article reads, “There is no other head of the church but the Lord Jesus Christ. Nor can the pope of Rome, in any sense, be head thereof.” There are groups today that still identify the papacy of the Roman Catholic Church as the antichrist, ((For example, Dave Hunt, A Woman Rides the Beast: The Roman Catholic Church and the Last Days (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1994).)) but most evangelicals no longer attribute the antichrist moniker to the papacy even though they still disagree with many of the church’s doctrinal claims and practices. The following is a Twelver Shīʿīte ḥadīth on the topic of the Dajjal, an excerpt from a longer sermon by ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib:Hall, Ian (2006). The International Thought of Martin Wight. London, England: Palgrave Macmillan. p.37. ISBN 978-1403969279. Clarke, Adam (1997). Commentary on the Old Testament. Vol.4. Rapidan, Virginia: World Publishing. p.596. ISBN 978-0529106346. Although the word "antichrist" (Greek antikhristos) is used only in the Epistles of John, the similar word "pseudochrist" (Greek pseudokhristos, meaning "false messiah") is used by Jesus in the Gospels: [14] Because of the Arian domination of some of the Roman Empire by barbarian tribes, the bishop of Rome could not fully exercise such authority. In 538, Belisarius, one of Justinian's generals, succeeded in withstanding a siege of the city of Rome by Arian Ostrogoth besiegers, and the bishop of Rome could begin establishing universal civil authority. So, by the military intervention of the Eastern Roman Empire, the bishop of Rome became all-powerful throughout the area of the old Roman Empire. [123] The Ostrogoths promptly re-captured the city of Rome eight years later in 546, and again in 550.

Trebilco, Paul (2004). The Early Christians In Ephesus From Paul To Ignatius. Leiden, Netherlands: William B. Eerdmans Publishing. p.268. ISBN 978-0802807694. Finally, Hartog notes that the Johannine Letters are the only NT writings to use the term "antichrist" (1 Jn 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 Jn 7) and Polycarp is also the only Apostolic Father to use the term. He notes "Thus, the tests of 'density' and 'singularity' ...

According to the Sunni ḥadīth, the Dajjal will then be chased to the gate of Lod where he will be captured and killed by ʿĪsā. [3] [10] ʿĪsā will then break the Christian cross, kill all the pigs, abolish the jizya tax, and establish peace among all nations. [13] Ḥadīth literature [ edit ] Historically, preterists and non-preterists have agreed that the Jesuit Luis de Alcasar (1554–1613) wrote the first systematic preterist exposition of prophecy— Vestigatio arcani sensus in Apocalypsi (published in 1614)—during the Counter-Reformation. Richardson offers the following challenge: “At this point, my response to those who would challenge the idea that Islam is the primary force behind the Antichrist system would be to issue a challenge to show biblically why it is not.” ((Richardson, The Islamic Antichrist, 178.)) Actually, the burden of proof is on Richardson to prove that it is. In what I’ve read, he hasn’t made the case, not by a long shot. a b "Doctrinal Statements: Antichrist". Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. 2018 . Retrieved August 17, 2018. We reject the idea that the teaching that the Papacy is the Antichrist rests on a merely human interpretation of history or is an open question. We hold rather that this teaching rests on the revelation of God in Scripture which finds its fulfillment in history. The Holy Spirit reveals this fulfillment to the eyes of faith (cf. The Abiding Word, Vol. 2, p. 764). Since Scripture teaches that the Antichrist would be revealed and gives the marks by which the Antichrist is to be recognized (2 Th 2:6, 8), and since this prophecy has been clearly fulfilled in the history and development of the Roman Papacy, it is Scripture which reveals that the Papacy is the Antichrist. Ginzberg, Louis (1901–1906). "Antichrist". In Singer, Isidore; etal. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.