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2741 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 391.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
” ‘And as for the pope, I refuse him as Christ’s enemy and antichrist, with all his false doctrine.
2742 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 391.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
In the Preface to his A Defense of the True and Catholic Doc trine of the Sacrament (1550), occurs this solemn declaration of Cranmer’s prophetic interpretation of the Papacy as Antichrist and Babylon:
2743 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 391.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… how antichrist hath obscured the glory of God, and the true knowledge of his word, overcasting the same with mists and clouds of error and ignorance through …
2744 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 392 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
4. TRIPLE-CROWNED ANTICHRIST SEATED IN TEMPLE
2745 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 392.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… great antichrist, which took upon him authority, not only over the clergy, but also climbed above kings and emperors, deposing them at his pleasure, and settled …
2746 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 392.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… now Antichrist of Rome, contrary to this decree, hath extolled himself above his fellow-bishops, as God’s vicar, yea, rather as God him self; and taketh upon him …
2747 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 392 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
5. ROME Is APOCALYPTIC BABYLON AND ANTICHRIST
2748 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 392.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Applying first the fourth and fifth seals of Revelation, Cranmer shows that the Antichrist of Babylon must reign from seven-hilled Rome.
2749 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 392.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… and antichrist never cease from persecuting; as it appeareth throughout the histories of the whole bible. Of the tyranny and cruelty of antichrist in persecuting …
2750 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 393.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of antichrist, and the pope to be very antichrist himself. I could prove the same by many other scrip tures, old writers, and strong reasons.” Ibid., pp. 62, 63.
2751 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 393.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… that Antichrist arrogated to himself what was not his own—Cranmer said:
2752 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 393.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… , that antichrist shall be. And who shall he be? Forsooth, he that advanceth himself above all other creatures. Now if there be none already that hath advanced …
2753 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 393.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Toward the close of the examination, after charging the pope with being the author of the erroneous teachings of the papal church, and declaring “the author of the same to be very antichrist,” Cranmer solemnly asserts:
2754 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 394.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… judged antichrist.
2755 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 395 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
I. Bale-Portrays Opposing Churches of Christ and Antichrist
2756 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 395.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… wicked antichrist, and entirely threw off his yoke from me, that I might be partaker of the lot and liberty of the sons of God.’ ” John Bale, Vicacyon of John Bale …
2757 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 396 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
1. CHRONICLED OLDCASTLE’S MARTYRDOM FOR IDENTIFYING ANTICHRIST
2758 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 396.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… great Antichrist, the son of perdition, the open adversary of God, and the abomination standing in the holy place.’ ” Ibid., pp. 17, 18.
2759 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 396.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
” ‘Rome is the very nest of antichrist.’ ” Ibid., p. 36.
2760 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 397.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… and Antichrist. A verse-by-verse exposition of the Apocalypse, it is more wordy, more vitriolic, and less specific than the German expositors. But one fact was …