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2261 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 800.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

The significance of Eberhard’s expression should not be lost—that men were “accustomed” in his day, to call the pope “Antichrist.” He was but voicing dramatically what had become a widespread conviction and open declaration.

2262 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 801.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , the Antichrist and the Little Horn could not have come; if, as Eberhard said, the dissolution of Rome had occurred centuries ago, these prophesied powers could …

2263 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 802.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Further, the formation of a concept of the Little Horn or Antichrist as a long growth of a religio-political empire emerging from gradual apostasy in the church would necessarily be a late development.

2264 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 802.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… involving Antichrist’s long development in history.See pages 293-301

2265 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 803.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the Antichrist was the Augustinian view, which completely changed the direction of prophetic interpretation and dominated the church from Augustine’s …

2266 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 803.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… of Antichrist. Not until a Gregory VII had claimed to be Vicar of Christ with authority over kings, and an Innocent III had set himself up as Vicar of God over …

2267 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 804.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… called Antichrist in the contest with Frederick. But his “Little Horn” application was not merely name-calling. He was not an enthusiast for voluntary poverty …

2268 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 805.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the Antichrist, and not until the Spirituals had experienced persecution do we find the application of the term “mystic Antichrist” to a future pseudo pope …

2269 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 805.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… pope Antichrist, for he says that he was accustomed to that. Gerhoh of Reichersberg a century earlier had applied the term to the worldliness in the church …

2270 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 819.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… city Antichrist. Ibid., pp. 293, 294. See page 409.

2271 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 860.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… as Antichrist. The comparison was odious and dangerous. The very foundation of the papal structure was threatened. This assertion of a rival line of spiritual …

2272 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 868.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… by Antichrist, and of other human inventions (such as saint worship, the mass, and other ritual practices), the two sacraments only, and subjection to civil rulers …

2273 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 868.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… by Antichrist; (9) a ministry preaching by precept and example, duly ordained; (7,0) the Word of God the basis of faith; (11) sacraments invalid without inward quickening …

2274 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 869.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Specifically concerning the Antichrist of prophecy, article 8 states:

2275 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 869.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

“That Antichrist, that man of sin, doth sit in the Temple of God, that is, in the Church, of whom the Prophets, ‘and Christ and His Apostles foretold, admonishing all …

2276 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 874.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… of Antichrist as someone yet to come is different from the amplified and clarified picture in the treatise on Antichrist, which portrays him as already …

2277 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 875.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… which Antichrist would prevail over the saints for a brief time.

2278 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 876.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Then as to Antichrist, the hearer is admonished to “be well advised when Antichrist shall come; to the intent that we may give no credence either to his doings or to his sayings.” And on the last things:Ibid.

2279 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 876.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… in Antichrist’s being referred to in the future tense about the year 1200? In view of Joachim’s teaching concerning the momentous events to be expected …

2280 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 877 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

V. Prophetic Terms of Beast, Babylon, and Antichrist