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"Every Reformer, without exception, spoke of the papacy as Antichrist" -R. Allen Anderson, Unfolding the Revelation, p.137
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
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What most Preachers taught regarding Antichrist
BEFORE THE REFORMATION |
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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 REFORMATION |
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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 |
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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?