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1781 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 95.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… and Antichrist; and (3) repetition—going back and covering the same general outline seven times, through the line of the seven churches, then the seven seals …

1782 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 103.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… and Antichrist, chap. 36, in ANF, vol. 5, p. 211; Victorinus, Commentary on the Apocalypse, comment on 10:11 and 11:1, in ANF, vol. 7, p. 353; see also Westcott, op. cit., p. 376.

1783 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 152.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… this Antichrist, under the name of the “man of sin,” as a religious power, seducing people into apostasy—not a political tyrant as the Jewish apocalyptic literature …

1784 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 155.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… term “antichrist,” for the coming apostasy. But he does so with the significant words, “Ye have heard that antichrist shall come.” 1 John 2:18. This was common knowledge …

1785 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 161.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… called Antichrist, the Man of Sin, and the Little Horn; for the first three of the world empires had already passed away, and Rome then ruled the world in John’s …

1786 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 162.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , to Antichrist’s emergence. But this restraint would pass, and then Antichrist would come. This was accepted as a foundational fact generally among the early …

1788 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 193.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the Antichrist in the early Christian period. For a discussion of these extra-Biblical traditions concerning Antichrist which were elaborated upon the …

1789 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 214.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… of Antichrist. Polycarp suffered martyrdom by fire about A.D. 155. It was formerly thought that his death occurred a little later, under Marcus Aurelius. Irenaeus …

1790 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 215.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , as antichrist: and whosoever shall not confess the testimony of the Cross, is of the devil; and whosoever shall pervert the oracles of the Lord to his own lusts …

1791 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 217.7 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

12. Antichrist mentioned but not identified.

1792 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 232.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the Antichrist, or “man of apostasy.” Justin’s interpretation of prophecy is, however, less clear and full than that of others who follow in this period.Justin …

1793 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 233.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , when Antichrist would speak his blasphemies against the Most High. And he contends with Trypho over the meaning of a “time” and “times.” Justin expects the time …

1794 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 235.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… coming Antichrist, the prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse (which he touches only lightly), and the kingdom established by the second advent. And through …

1795 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 242 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

II. Irenaeus—Stresses Antichrist, Resurrections, and Millennium

1796 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 246 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

5. ANTICHRIST IS MAN OF SIN, BEAST, AND LITTLE HORN

1797 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 246.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Irenaeus regards Antichrist as another name for Paul’s apostate Man of Sin.

1798 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 246.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… of Antichrist is it shown that he, being an apostate and a robber, is anxious to be adored as God; and that, although a mere slave, he wishes himself to be proclaimed …

1799 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 247.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

He also identifies Antichrist as John’s Beast, quoting Revelation 13:2-10 :

1800 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 247.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… he (Antichrist) is come, and of his own accord concentrates in his own person the apostasy, and accomplishes whatever he shall do according to his own will and …