antichrist

Definitions

1. A false messiah who, under direct control of the Devil, will usher in the abomination in the end times; a false prophet.
2. One who works against the teachings of Christ.

Equivalents

Examples

“Little childꝛen, it is the laſt time: and as yee haue heard that Antichꝛiſt ſhall come⟳, euen now are there many Antichꝛiſts, whereby wee know⟳ that it is the laſt time.”

“I am an antichrist / And I am an anarchist / Don't know⟳ what I want⟳ / But I know⟳ how to get⟳ it”

“At least as Auxentius reports him in the covering letter which precedes Ulfila’s confession, he is as vehement in his opposition to what he sees as heretical alternatives to his own⟳ form⟳ of belief as most other participants in the controversies of the time. Heretics are not Christians but antichrists. Homoousians, Homoiousians, and Macedonians are all included in this blanket condemnation.”

“Little childꝛen, it is the laſt time: and as yee haue heard that Antichꝛiſt ſhall come⟳, euen now are there many Antichꝛiſts, whereby wee know⟳ that it is the laſt time.”

“[Ross Douthat:] Is Silicon Valley recklessly ambitious? What should we fear more: Armageddon or stagnation? Why is one of the world’s most successful investors worrying about the Antichrist? […] [Peter Thiel:] […] And the Christian framing, which in some ways is the same question⟳, is: Antichrist or Armageddon? You have⟳ the one-world state of the Antichrist, or we’re sleepwalking toward Armageddon.”

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