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1981 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 428.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Next, Chrysostom passes to the identity of Rome as the restraining power that had thus far prevented Antichrist’s revelation, and the expedient reason for the apostle’s not openly naming the empire.

1982 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 429.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Nero is set forth, incidentally, as a type of the coming Antichrist. Ibid p. 389.

1983 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 430.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… and Antichrist as factors bearing upon the advent, though the latter is in inseparable relation to Rome in the outline prophecies. He is virtually silent …

1984 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 431.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… of Antichrist.” Ibid., p. 126. The next sentence is added by the author of the catena: “But Eudoxius says thine interpretation also. Polychronius, is borrowed from …

1985 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 434.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the Antichrist as long as it continued, were anxiously anticipating the future breakup of the fourth kingdom.See page 414.

1986 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 435.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the Antichrist Terrot Reaveley Glover, Life and Letters in the Fourth Century, pp. 295-298

1988 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 443.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Jerome sees the Antichrist as coming in the near future. Just observe

1989 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 443.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… that Antichrist is near. Yes, Antichrist is near whom the Lord Jesus Christ ‘shall consume with the spirit of His mouth.’” Jerome, Letter 123 (to Ageruchia), in NPNF …

1990 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 443.8 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

After referring to undivided Rome as the subject of Paul’s reminder to the Thessalonians of his oral exposition of the restrainer of the coming Antichrist, Jerome continues:

1991 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 444.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… Daniel, Antichrist will not come before that. If he had chosen to say this openly, he would have foolishly aroused a frenzy of persecution against the Christians …

1992 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 444.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the Antichrist does not come immediately. Nor does he [Paul] wish to say openly that the Roman empire must be destroyed, because those who rule think [it] eternal …

1993 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 444.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Disclosing his own view that the “temple” in which Antichrist is to sit is not the Jewish temple but the church, Jerome declares the advent will not occur until Antichrist has appeared, and his emergence can only follow the breakup of the empire.

1994 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 444.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… and Antichrist has preceded him, Christ will not come; who therefore will so come that he may destroy Antichrist. You remember, he says, that when I was with you …

1995 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 444.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

And having appeared, Jerome continues, Antichrist will be cut off and brought to nought by the glorious second advent, “as the darkness is put to flight at the coming of the sun.” Ibid.

1996 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 445.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Jerome lists Rome’s dividers at that time, and bares his anxiety” over the imminent Antichrist:

1997 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 445.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… that Antichrist is near. Yes, Antichrist is near whom the Lord Jesus Christ ‘shall consume with the spirit of His mouth.’... Savage tribes in countless numbers …

1998 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 446 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

11. LITTLE HORN ANTICHRIST, NOT ANTIOCHUS

1999 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 447.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… of Antichrist’s pride and blasphemy, for “the Roman kingdom will be destroyed, because that horn spake great things.” “In the one Roman kingdom,” he says, “all the …

2000 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 447 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

14. ANTICHRIST WARS THREE AND A HALF YEARS