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2841 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 437 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

4. ANTICHRIST LURKS IN THE CHURCH UNDER A MASK

2842 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:

2843 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 …

2845 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 …

2846 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 440 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

1. ANTICHRIST PORTRAYED BY DANIEL, PAUL, AND JOHN

2847 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 …

2848 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 441 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

3. CASTELLIO PUTS MILLENNIUM AFTER ANTICHRIST’S FALL

2849 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.

2850 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 …

2851 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 445.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the Antichrist of Scripture prophecy. McCrie, op. cit., pp. 46-51; Wylie, op. cit., vol. 3, p. 484; Brown, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 76.

2852 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 446.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… of antichrist.” Having received a call from the English church at Geneva, Knox left Scotland in July, 1556. Before this time he had married Marjory Bowes. After …

2853 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 449.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… Romane Antichrist upon the Scriptures of God.” Philip Schaff, Creeds, vol. 3. p. 481.

2854 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 449 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

3. ASSEMBLY NAMES PAPACY THE PROPHESIED ANTICHRIST

2855 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 450.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… very antichrist, and son of perdition, of whom Paul speaks.

2856 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 450.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… of Antichrist.” Then, after the martyrdom of Patrick Hamilton—whose dying words were, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! How long wilt Thou suffer the tyranny of …

2857 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 453.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

But that was not all. Knox next showed that Daniel’s “little horn” was identical with Paul’s “man of sin” and John’s “Whore of Babylon”—three paralleling descriptions of one single Antichrist.

2858 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 453.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , The Antichrist, The Whore of Babilon. He shewed, That this man of sin, or Antichrist, was not to be restrained to the person of any one man oncly, no more then by the …

2859 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 454.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… an Antichrist, and so is no member of Christs mysticall body.” Ibid., pp. 77, 78.

2860 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 454.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

A letter sent from the Continent in 1554, while Knox was in exile, contains two excerpts that show his unchanged burden and concept concerning Antichrist: