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What can be known/safely conjectured about the Antichrist from the Church Fathers, Saints, Catechism, and Scripture.
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-The Antichrist is an article of faith (CC 675)
-He is an individual
-He will imitate Christ
-feign holiness
-have a notorious mother
-seem a savior
Thread:
-The Antichrist is an article of faith (CC 675)
-He is an individual
-He will imitate Christ
-feign holiness
-have a notorious mother
-seem a savior
-He is proceeded by
-great turmoil, confusion, trouble
-mass apostasy
-the evangelization of all peoples
-abuses in Catholic worship
-the convergence of material, personal, social, political, and religious evils
-the restoration of Israel
-false peace and security
-great turmoil, confusion, trouble
-mass apostasy
-the evangelization of all peoples
-abuses in Catholic worship
-the convergence of material, personal, social, political, and religious evils
-the restoration of Israel
-false peace and security
-We shouldn& #39;t try to guess his name
-He will deceive by genius/persuasion
-seem to fulfill prophesy
-hate idols
-be admired
-be eloquent, intelligent, witty, philosophical
-He will possess unrivaled wealth
-will rule over a revived Roman Empire (territorially or symbolically)
-He will deceive by genius/persuasion
-seem to fulfill prophesy
-hate idols
-be admired
-be eloquent, intelligent, witty, philosophical
-He will possess unrivaled wealth
-will rule over a revived Roman Empire (territorially or symbolically)
-Rise rapidly to fame/power
-will establish "order"
-have global dominion
-perform false miracles
-preach sin and license
-will have false revelations
-will express belief in the god of forces(?)
-will change global calendars
-will compel all to worship him in the rebuilt Temple
-will establish "order"
-have global dominion
-perform false miracles
-preach sin and license
-will have false revelations
-will express belief in the god of forces(?)
-will change global calendars
-will compel all to worship him in the rebuilt Temple
-His followers will be marked/sealed symbolizing apostasy and an inversion of Chrismation
-The mark comes with privileges:
-fortune
-high wages
-public offices
-pleasures and possessions
-Those who refuse are shut out of society
-He will seem to raise humanity to its zenith
-The mark comes with privileges:
-fortune
-high wages
-public offices
-pleasures and possessions
-Those who refuse are shut out of society
-He will seem to raise humanity to its zenith
-All believers in God and in eternal life will be persecuted
-The persecution of the Christians will be the worst in human history
-the most genocidal/total/global, with no hope of hiding without divine assistance
-so violent that almost all (esp. the unconfirmed) will fall away
-The persecution of the Christians will be the worst in human history
-the most genocidal/total/global, with no hope of hiding without divine assistance
-so violent that almost all (esp. the unconfirmed) will fall away
-This persecution produces the most glorious martyrs
-They will be tortured in unimaginable ways
-Enoch and Elijah will appear (not reincarnated)
-They will be mocked, receive no publicity, preach for 1260 days then be killed
-They will lay unburied for 3 1/2 days then rise
-They will be tortured in unimaginable ways
-Enoch and Elijah will appear (not reincarnated)
-They will be mocked, receive no publicity, preach for 1260 days then be killed
-They will lay unburied for 3 1/2 days then rise
Christ himself will destroy the Antichrist in the midst of an attempt to imitate the Ascension (like Simon Magus). This is either the moment of Christ& #39;s return or the beginning of a period of peace and restoration for the Church, lasting >45 days, after which the end comes.
