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2821 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 425.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
The “idolatrious Church” is the unbeautiful but outwardly adorned woman of Revelation 17 and 18, and the decking of images is a token of Antichrist’s kingdom. Ibid., pp. 272, 274.
2822 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 426 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
CHAPTER NINETEEN: Calvin Clear Only Regarding Antichrist
2823 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 433 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
III. Calvin Clear on Antichrist but Uncertain on Other Prophecies
2824 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 436.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… as Antichrist, Calvin was the least satisfactory of all the Protestant leaders regarding the prophecies in general. He still followed Augustine in many …
2825 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 436 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
2. IDENTIFICATION OF ANTICHRIST GIVEN EMPEROR
2826 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 436.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of antichrist of which Paul speaks is, that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” Calvin, Tracts Relating to the Reformation …
2827 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 436.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… is Antichrist—I deny him to be the successor of Peter, who is doing his utmost to demolish every edifice that Peter built—and I deny him to be the head of the Church …
2828 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 437 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
3. CITES PAUL AND DANIEL ON ANTICHRIST
2829 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 437.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Calvin’s identification of the Papacy as the prophesied Antichrist is explicit. In his classic Institutes there are at least four sharp applications. Here are two:
2830 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 437.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… that Antichrist would sit in the temple of God. The head of that cursed and abominable kingdom, in the Western Church, we affirm to be the Pope. When his seat is …
2831 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 437 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
4. ANTICHRIST LURKS IN THE CHURCH UNDER A MASK
2832 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 437.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Explaining that he is only using Bible phraseology when he calls the Roman pontiff “Antichrist,” Calvin says:
2833 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 437.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… 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 …
2834 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 439.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the Antichrist of Scripture.
2835 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 439.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… papal Antichrist, but Calvin and Melanchthon in particular. Escaping from imprisonment in Vienne, he went, oddly enough, to Geneva, where Calvin had him apprehended …
2836 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 440 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
1. ANTICHRIST PORTRAYED BY DANIEL, PAUL, AND JOHN
2837 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 440.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the Antichrist predicted by Daniel, Paul, and John, reigning during the 1260 prophetic days or literal years in which the true church was in the wilderness …
2838 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 441 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
3. CASTELLIO PUTS MILLENNIUM AFTER ANTICHRIST’S FALL
2839 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 441.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of Antichrist. Ibid., p. 790. Bengel, Erklärte Offenbarung Johannis, p. 672; see also Philip Schaff, History, vol. 7, pp. 622-628.
2840 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 442.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… very antichrist seated in the temple of God as predicted by Daniel ( 11:36 ) and Paul ( 2 Thessalonians 2:3 sq.), and the beast of the Apocalypse; and that he would soon …