ANTICHRIST

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ANTI: to stand in place of a subtle imposter wolf in sheep's clothing not a violent opposer a gentle confuser The Roman Catholic church committed ADULTERY in her relationship with the HUSBANDMAN Christ Jesus. She became ANTIChrist when she stepped against Him. The Roman Catholic church has always 'claimed' to be walking "with" Christ. Just as Judas "kissed" Christ, so has Rome "kissed" His Truth. They "softly and gently" send their wolves forward wearing the clothing of a little lamb so as to gentle draw the masses away from Christ. They betray Christ as soft as the kiss of JUDAS! Arnulf Bishop of Orleans (Roman Catholic)"deplored the roman popes as "monsters of guilt" and declared in a council called by the King of France in 991ad that the pontiff, clad in purple and gold, was, "Antichrist, sitting in the temple of God, and showing himself as God" -Phillip Schaff, History of the Christian church, 8 vols., reprint of the 3d (1910)ed. (Grand Rapids Mich.: Wm. B Eerdmans Publishing Co., n.d.) Eberhard II, archbishop of Salzburg (Roman Catholic)"stated at a synod of bishops held at Regensburg in 1240 (some scholars say 1241) that the people of his day were "accustomed" to calling the pope antichrist." -LeRoy Edwin Froom, The Prophetic Faith of our Fathers, 4 vols. (Wash DC: Review and Herald publishing assc, 1950-1954) John Wycliffe"When the western church was divided for about 40 years between two rival popes, one in Rome and the other in Avigon, France, each pope called the other pope antichrist - and John Wycliffe is reputed to have regarded them as both being right: "two halves of Antichrist, making up the perfect Man of Sin between them." -Ibid Martin Luther (Lutheran) "We here are of the conviction that the papacy is the seat of the true and real Antichrist...personally I declare that I owe the Pope no other obedience than that to Antichrist."  (Aug. 18, 1520) Taken from The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Vol. 2., pg. 121 by Froom.  (In response to a papal bull [official decree]): "I despise and attack it, as impious, false... It is Christ Himself who is condemned therein... I rejoice in having to bear such ills for the best of causes. Already I feel greater liberty in my heart; for at last I know that the pope is antichrist, and that his throne is that of Satan himself." --D'Aubigné, b.6, ch. 9.  Cotton Mather (Congregational Theologian) "The oracles of God foretold the rising of an Antichrist in the Christian Church: and in the Pope of Rome, all the characteristics of that Antichrist are so marvelously answered that if any who read the Scriptures do not see it, there is a marvelous blindness upon them."  Taken from The Fall of Babylon by Cotton Mather in Froom's book, The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Vol. 3, pg. 113. John Wesley (Methodist) Speaking of the Papacy he said, "He is in an emphatical sense, the Man of Sin, as he increases all manner of sin above measure. And he is, too, properly styled the Son of Perdition, as he has caused the death of numberless multitudes, both of his opposers and followers... He it is...that exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped...claiming the highest power, and highest honour...claiming the prerogatives which belong to God alone."  Taken from Antichrist and His Ten Kingdoms by John Wesley, pg. 110. Ellen G. White: Seven Day Adventists"This compromise between paganism and Christianity resulted in the development of "the man of sin" foretold in prophecy as opposing and exalting himself above God. That gigantic system of false religion is a masterpiece of Satan's power--a monument of his efforts to seat himself upon the throne to rule the earth according to his will. Thomas Cranmer (Anglican) "Whereof it followeth Rome to be the seat of antichrist, and the pope to be very antichrist himself. I could prove the same by many other scriptures, old writers, and strong reasons." (Referring to prophecies in Revelation and Daniel.)  Taken from Works by Cranmer, Vol. 1, pp. 6-7.  Roger Williams (First Baptist Pastor in America) He spoke of the Pope as "the pretended Vicar of Christ on earth, who sits as God over the Temple of God, exalting himself not only above all that is called God, but over the souls and consciences of all his vassals, yea over the Spirit of Christ, over the Holy Spirit, yea, and God himself...speaking against the God of heaven, thinking to change times and laws; but he is the son of perdition (II Thess. 2)."  Taken from The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers by Froom, Vol. 3, pg. 52.   1689 London Baptist Confession Chapter 26: Of the Church. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the church, in whom, by the appointment of the Father, all power for the calling, institution, order or government of the church, is invested in a supreme and sovereign manner; neither can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof, but is that antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the church against Christ, and all that is called God; whom the Lord shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. ( Colossians 1:18; Matthew 28:18-20; Ephesians 4:11, 12; 2 Thessalonians 2:2-9 )   John Knox (Scotch Presbyterian) Knox wrote to abolish "that tyranny which the pope himself has for so many ages exercised over the church" and that the pope should be recognized as "the very antichrist, and son of perdition, of whom Paul speaks."  Taken from The Zurich Letters, pg. 199 by John Knox.  John Calvin (Presbyterian) "Some persons think us too severe and censorious when we call the Roman pontiff Antichrist. But those who are of this opinion do not consider that they bring the same charge of presumption against Paul himself, after whom we speak and whose language we adopt... I shall briefly show that (Paul's words in II Thess. 2) are not capable of any other interpretation than that which applies them to the Papacy."  Taken from Institutes by John Calvin. Presbyterian Church (Year 2000) The following Resolution was unanimously passed by the South Atlantic Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, March 25, 2000. The Resolution is as follows- THE THREAT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE 21ST CENTURY Whereas: The mass media has captivated the world with the activities of Pope John Paul II during his visit to the Holy Land in March 2000; and Whereas: The Vatican and the Lutheran World Federation have signed, in October, 1999 a joint declaration of accord on the doctrine of justification (only the synods of Wisconsin and Missouri dissented); and Whereas: In the middle of February, 200, PLO chairman Yasser Arafat met with Pope John Paul II at the vatican to sign an agreement regarding the future of Jerusalem that warned Israel against any unilateral decision affecting Jerusalem; and Whereas: Bob Jones University has been unjustly slandered for anti-catholic bias by Senators McCain, Torricelli, Hollings and the liberal mass media; and Whereas: The House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress has just appointed a Roman Catholic priest as its chaplain for the first time, March 23, 2000; and Whereas: Pope John Paul II has declared the year 2000 a "Great Jubilee Year" for Roman Catholics that establishes the restoration of indulgences, THE VERY ISSUE THAT PROMPTED MARTIN LUTHER TO DRAFT THE 95 THESES IN OCTOBER OF 1517: papal spokesman Timothy Shugrue states, "The indulgence is one of the spiritual privleges extended during Jubilee. It is a way of applying the merits of the good deeds of the saints and the Virgin Mary and CHrist Himself to the rest of us."; Therefore: The South Atlantic Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church, at its spring meeting in the Bible Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, N.C., March 25, 2000, resolves and warns the Roman Catholic Church, Mystery, Babylon the Great, Mother of Harlots and abominations of the earth (Rev 17:5) constitutes the greatest threat to fundamental Christianity in the 21st century! The Roman Catholic Church has long since forsaken the Bible alone, Grace alone, faith alone, and Christ alone. There should be no confraternity with this apostate church in ministerial associations, community easter sunrise services, Thanksgiving services, mass evangelism or common social endeavors. We admonish devout believers to lovingly and firmly win Roman Catholics to Christ and urge new converts to obey Rev. 18:4, "And I heard a another voice from heaven, saying, come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sin, and that ye recieve not her plagues."  Before the Reformation, this is what most Preachers taught regarding Antichrist Date Name Reference Interpretation c. 1310 Dante Alighieri Rev. 17 Harlot Roman Church c. 1331 Michael of Cesena Rev. 17 Harlot Antichrist Roman Church Pope c. 1345 Johannes de Rupescissa Antichrist Rev. 17 Babylon Rev. 17 Harlot Pope Roman church Roman church c. 1350 Francesco Petrarch Rev. 17 Harlot Papal Court c. 1367 John Milicz Antichrist Abomination of Desolation Man of Sin Papacy Papacy Papacy c. 1379 John Wycliffe Antichrist Abomination of Desolation Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 17 Harlot Pope Papacy Popes Papacy Papacy c. 1388 Matthias of Janow Antichrist Abomination of Desolation Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Hierarchy Fallen Church Present Church Papacy Hierarchy Popes c. 1389 R. Wimbledon Abomination of Desolation Papacy c. 1390 John Purvey Antichrist Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 13 666 Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Pope Papacy Hierarchy Pope Papacy Papacy c. 1393 Walter Brute Antichrist Abomination of Desolation Little Horn Man of Sin Papacy Bishop of Rome Rome Papacy c. 1412 John Huss Antichrist Abomination of Desolation Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Pope Papacy Rome Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy c. 1497 Girolamo Savonarola Antichrist Man of Sin Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Pope Papacy Papacy Papacy During the Reformation... Date Name Reference Interpretation 1522 Martin Luther Antichrist Abomination of Desolation Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 2nd Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1543 Philipp Melanchthon Antichrist Man of Sin Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy 1545 Andreas Osiander Antichrist Abomination of Desolation Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papal Traditions Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1554 Nicolaus von Amsdorf Antichrist Abomination of Desolation Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papal Traditions Papacy Papacy Papacy 1558 Johann Funck Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1560 Virgil Solis Antichrist Little Horn Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1570 Georg Nigrinus Antichrist Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Pope, Turk Papacy Pagan Rome Papal Rome 1572 David Chytraeus Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Papacy Papacy Papacy Roman Empire Papacy 1530 Johann Oecolampadius Antichrist Little Horn Papacy Papacy 1557 Heinrich Bullinger Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Pagan Rome Papal Rome Roman Church Papacy 1550 William Tyndale Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1545 George Joys Antichrist Little Horn Papacy Papacy 1554 Nicholas Ridley Antichrist Abomination of Desolation Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Rev. 17 Beast Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1553 Hugh Latimer Antichrist Papacy 1582 Thomas Cranmer Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1550 John Bale Antichrist Abomination of Desolation Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Rev. 17 Beast Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Prelates Papacy Papacy Papacy 1562 John Jewel Antichrist Abomination of Desolation Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Rev. 17 Beast Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Rome 1587 John Foxe Antichrist Man of Sin Bishop of Rome Bishop of Rome 1563 Anglican Formulas Antichrist Papacy 1547 John Knox Antichrist Little Horn Church of Rome Papacy 1593 John Napier Antichrist Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Rev. 17 Beast Pope Papacy Latin Empire Papacy Papacy Papacy Latin Empire 1614 Thomas Brightman Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Pope Papacy Papacy Early Papacy Later Papacy Papacy Papacy 1618 David Pareus Antichrist Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Beast Pope & Turk Papacy Papacy Papacy Empire After the Reformation... Date Name Reference Interpretation 1600 James I of England Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1603 George Downham Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1604 George Pacard Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Rome Papacy Papacy Papacy 1607 Hugh Broughton Little Horn Antiochus 1612 Andress Holwig Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Papacy is also Antichrist Papacy 1618 Matthias Hoe Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy is Antichrist Imperial Rome Papal Rome Papacy 1618 Daniel Cramer Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Pagan Rome Papal Rome Papacy 1631 Joseph Mede Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Civil Rome Papacy Papacy Papacy 1643 Johannes Gerhard Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Civil Rome Papal Rome Papacy Papacy 1654 Thomas Goodwin Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Papacy Papacy Protestant Image 1655 John Tillinghast Antichrist Little Horn Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1664 Henry More Antichrist Little Horn Papacy Papacy 1670 William Sherwin Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1681 Johann H. Alsted Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Papacy is Antichrist, Little Horn Imperial Rome Papal Rome Papacy 1684 Thomas Beverley Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1685 Jacques Phillipot Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy also Antichrist Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1687 Pierre Jurieu Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Eccl. Emp. Papacy 1689 Drue Cressener Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Hierarchy Papacy 1699 "Mysteries ... Finished" Antichrist Papacy 1700 William Lowth Antichrist Little Horn Papacy Papacy 1701 Johannes Cocceius Antichrist Little Horn Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Hierarchy Papacy 1701 Robert Fleming, Jr. Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1702 Georg her. Giblehr Antichrist Little Horn Papacy Papacy 1703 Daniel Whitby Man of Sin Rev. 17 Babylon Roman Church is Antichrist Papacy 1706 William Whiston Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1712 Heinrich Horch Antichrist Little Horn Rev. 13 1st Beast Papacy Papacy Papacy 1720 Charles Daubux Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Civil Rome Eccl Rome Papacy Papacy 1727 Sir Isaac Newton Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy W. Rome Greek Empire Papacy Latin Kingdom 1729 Th. Crinsox de Bionens Antichrist Little Horn Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Roman Empire Popes Papacy 1735 Thomas Pyle Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy also Little Horn Papacy Papacy 1740 Johann Aal. Bengel Antichrist Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Jesuitism Papacy Papacy 1743 Berienberg Bible Antichrist Papacy 1745 John Willison Antichrist Little Horn Papacy Papacy 1754 Thomas Newton Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy W. Rome Papacy Papacy Roman Clergy Papacy 1758 John Gill Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Papacy Papacy also AntichristPapacy 1764 John Wesley Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy also Antichrist Papacy East Empire Papal Rome Papacy 1768 Johann Ph. Petri Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Papacy Turks Papacy Papacy Papacy 1787 R. M. Antichrist Papacy 1787 Hans Wood Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy East Empire Papacy Papacy 1793 James Becheno Antichrist Little Horn Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Louis XIV Papacy 1794 Joseph Priestly Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1795 George Bell Antichrist Little Horn Papacy Papacy 1796 Christian G. Thube Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1797 David Simpson Antichrist Little Horn Papacy Papacy 1798 Edward King Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1798 Joseph Galloway Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 13 2nd Peast Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy France Papacy 1798 Richard Valpy Antichrist Little Horn Man of Sin Rev. 13 1st Beast Rev. 17 Harlot Rev. 17 Babylon Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy Papacy 1800 Jean G. de la Flechers Antichrist Little Horn Papacy Papacy According to the Roman Catholic church, ALL of these men are mis-interpreting prophecy?

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