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The term Antichrist (including one plural form) [2] is found four times in the New Testament, solely in the First and Second Epistle of John. [2] Antichrist is announced as one "who denies the Father and the Son." [2] The similar term pseudokhristos or "false Christ" is also found in the Gospels. [3] In Matthew ( chapter 24) and Mark ( chapter ...
The Antichrist (German: Der Antichrist) is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1895. [1] Although the work was written in 1888, its content made Franz Overbeck and Heinrich Köselitz delay its publication, along with Ecce Homo . [1]
The Bible does not present the Antichrist as one man for one short time, but as an office held by a man through successive generations. It is a title like King of England. Other views. Some Franciscans had considered the Emperor Frederick II a positive Antichrist who would purify the Catholic Church from opulence, riches, and clergy.
The two witnesses, as depicted in the Bamberg Apocalypse, an 11th-century illuminated manuscript. In the Book of Revelation, the two witnesses ( Ancient Greek: δύο μαρτύρων, romanized : duo martyron) are two prophets who are mentioned in Revelation 11 :1-14. Some Christians interpret this as two people, two groups of people, or two ...
Reformation. Pope depicted as the Antichrist, signing and selling indulgences, from Passionary of the Christ and Antichrist. The institution of the papacy underwent attacks by many Protestant reformers, including Martin Luther. Luther, who had spent time in Rome, [1] claimed that Pope Leo had vetoed a measure that cardinals should restrict the ...
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse [1] are figures in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Bible, a piece of apocalypse literature attributed to John of Patmos. Similar allusions are contained in the Old Testament books of Ezekiel and Zechariah, written about six centuries prior. Though the text only provides a name for the ...
Abomination of desolation. Enthroned Zeus (Greek, 100 BCE) " Abomination of desolation " [a] is a phrase from the Book of Daniel describing the pagan sacrifices with which the 2nd century BC Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes replaced the twice-daily offering in the Jewish temple, or alternatively the altar on which such offerings were made, or ...
Antichristus, a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder: the pope depicted as the Antichrist, using his temporal power to grant authority to a generously contributing ruler. The Great Apostasy is a concept within Christianity to describe a perception that mainstream Christian Churches have fallen away from the original faith founded by Jesus and ...