Everything you need to know about Catholic teaching on the Antichrist

[Michie]

(Opinion piece folks)



It is generally agreed, based on the biblical texts, that the beginnings of the Antichrist's career 'will be lowly and obscure.' However, as a result of his powers of seduction, his power, conquests and influence will grow until it results in a worldwide rule.

A depiction of Christ rebuking the Antichrist www.ducciodibuoninsegna.org Creative Commons License


(LifeSiteNews) — In his book The Kingship of Christ and the Conversion of the Jewish Nation, Fr. Denis Fahey gives an overview of what is certain, probable and undecided about the Antichrist.

A real human person​

It is certain that the Antichrist will be a single man, a single human person.


St. John the Apostle writes that anyone who denies that “Jesus Christ is come in the flesh” is an antichrist. In this sense, there have been many antichrists, some greater than others. The ones that have been greater have been types of foreshadowing of what the Antichrist will be like.

Some have suggested that “The Antichrist” will be “a sect, or a collection of impious men, an atheistic environment, or a period of persecution.”[1] This is not so, although these others may again serve as types, foreshadowings, or signs that his coming is imminent. He will certainly be an individual man.

15th century Spanish theologian Francisco Suárez teaches that he will be a mere man, in the sense that he will not be Satan in human form.[2]Nonetheless, he will be endowed with great powers and personal qualities of seduction.[3] St. Paul writes of this:

[His] coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders: And in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish. (2 Thess. 2.9-10)

His reign​

Continued below.

Everything you need to know about Catholic teaching on the Antichrist - LifeSite

It is generally agreed, based on the biblical texts, that the beginnings of the Antichrist's career 'will be lowly and obscure.' However, as a result of his powers of seduction, his power, conquests and influence will grow until it results in a worldwide rule.

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[AlexB23]

(Opinion piece folks)



It is generally agreed, based on the biblical texts, that the beginnings of the Antichrist's career 'will be lowly and obscure.' However, as a result of his powers of seduction, his power, conquests and influence will grow until it results in a worldwide rule.

A depiction of Christ rebuking the Antichrist www.ducciodibuoninsegna.org Creative Commons License


(LifeSiteNews) — In his book The Kingship of Christ and the Conversion of the Jewish Nation, Fr. Denis Fahey gives an overview of what is certain, probable and undecided about the Antichrist.

A real human person​

It is certain that the Antichrist will be a single man, a single human person.


St. John the Apostle writes that anyone who denies that “Jesus Christ is come in the flesh” is an antichrist. In this sense, there have been many antichrists, some greater than others. The ones that have been greater have been types of foreshadowing of what the Antichrist will be like.

Some have suggested that “The Antichrist” will be “a sect, or a collection of impious men, an atheistic environment, or a period of persecution.”[1] This is not so, although these others may again serve as types, foreshadowings, or signs that his coming is imminent. He will certainly be an individual man.

15th century Spanish theologian Francisco Suárez teaches that he will be a mere man, in the sense that he will not be Satan in human form.[2]Nonetheless, he will be endowed with great powers and personal qualities of seduction.[3] St. Paul writes of this:

His reign​

Continued below.

Everything you need to know about Catholic teaching on the Antichrist - LifeSite

It is generally agreed, based on the biblical texts, that the beginnings of the Antichrist's career 'will be lowly and obscure.' However, as a result of his powers of seduction, his power, conquests and influence will grow until it results in a worldwide rule.

www.lifesitenews.com

Hey, thanks for the disclaimer about this article being an opinion piece. I try not to summarize opinion pieces, as people might tend to shoot the messenger when it comes to opinion pieces. So, I will leave you guys to talking about the end times.

 

[WarriorAngel]

(Opinion piece folks)



It is generally agreed, based on the biblical texts, that the beginnings of the Antichrist's career 'will be lowly and obscure.' However, as a result of his powers of seduction, his power, conquests and influence will grow until it results in a worldwide rule.

A depiction of Christ rebuking the Antichrist www.ducciodibuoninsegna.org Creative Commons License


(LifeSiteNews) — In his book The Kingship of Christ and the Conversion of the Jewish Nation, Fr. Denis Fahey gives an overview of what is certain, probable and undecided about the Antichrist.

A real human person​

It is certain that the Antichrist will be a single man, a single human person.


St. John the Apostle writes that anyone who denies that “Jesus Christ is come in the flesh” is an antichrist. In this sense, there have been many antichrists, some greater than others. The ones that have been greater have been types of foreshadowing of what the Antichrist will be like.

Some have suggested that “The Antichrist” will be “a sect, or a collection of impious men, an atheistic environment, or a period of persecution.”[1] This is not so, although these others may again serve as types, foreshadowings, or signs that his coming is imminent. He will certainly be an individual man.

15th century Spanish theologian Francisco Suárez teaches that he will be a mere man, in the sense that he will not be Satan in human form.[2]Nonetheless, he will be endowed with great powers and personal qualities of seduction.[3] St. Paul writes of this:

His reign​

Continued below.

Everything you need to know about Catholic teaching on the Antichrist - LifeSite

It is generally agreed, based on the biblical texts, that the beginnings of the Antichrist's career 'will be lowly and obscure.' However, as a result of his powers of seduction, his power, conquests and influence will grow until it results in a worldwide rule.

www.lifesitenews.com

Well, that's disturbing.

But in what will the Antichrist’s reign consist? ​

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We have already seen that it will involve the persecution of the Church, the suppression of the Mass and the exercise of the Catholic religion. This will be at the expense of an alternative and global (“one world”) religious system. ​

 

[WarriorAngel]

But I could 'see' it happening from the Jewish state who is in fact still waiting.
More in line with the Old Testament...
And probably a war prone man [humanistic] approach for one world order.

 

[Michie]

The Antichrist and the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple in Catholic teaching and prophecy - LifeSite

For centuries, great Catholic theologians have voiced differing opinions on the exact details surrounding the rise of the prophesied Antichrist and his link to the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple.

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