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Antichrist

The great adversary expected to rise against Christ before the end

The Antichrist is the eschatological adversary who opposes Christ before the end. The figure draws on the letters of John, 2 Thessalonians 2, and Revelation, and was treated early by Hippolytus. Christians have interpreted the Antichrist's identity and timing in widely differing ways, and some traditions have made polemical identifications of particular figures. Such identifications are tradition-specific and should not be stated as established fact.

How it traveled

  1. 2 Thessalonians
    Corinth · 67
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  2. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
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  3. Revelation
    Patmos · 100
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  4. 1 John
    Ephesus · 100
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  5. Against Heresies: Book V
    Lyons · 202
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  6. On the Resurrection of the Flesh.
    · 220
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  7. Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John
    · 303
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  8. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
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  9. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  10. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  11. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  12. Ten Homilies on the First Epistle of John
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  13. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  14. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
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  15. John of Damascus: Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
    Damascus · 749
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  16. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
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  17. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
    applies
  18. A History of the Work of Redemption
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  19. Christ Exalted
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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1 John · John the Apostle

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1 John · John the Apostle

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2 Thessalonians · Paul the Apostle

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2 Thessalonians · Paul the Apostle

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Against Heresies: Book V · Irenaeus of Lyons

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Against Heresies: Book V · Irenaeus of Lyons

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Against Heresies: Book V · Irenaeus of Lyons

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Against Heresies: Book V · Irenaeus of Lyons

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Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John · Victorinus

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