Is the pope the anti-christ?

Answer 1

Martin Luther was not the first person to claim that the pope is the anti-Christ. John Wycliffe came to the same conclusion some 200 years before Luther did. Unlike Luther, Wycliffe had everything to loose and nothing to gain from proclaiming this, but he did it anyway because that is what he believed. Let us examine the facts.

What is the beast (the anti-Christ)? It is a religious power that rises out of Europe after the fall of Rome (and 3 of the tribes of the fallen empire are taken out) that acts as sovereign nation. It has much wealth and wants to change the laws of God.

"And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. “(Daniel 7:24 - 25 KJV)

The history of Europe settles the matter. There were 10 kingdoms that formed directly after the fall of Rome. After three kingdoms were taken out (the Vandals, Lombards, and Huns), the "Bishop of Rome" rose to power and formed what we now know as the Roman Catholic Church and this position is now known as the pope. With this power, the pope has changed God's times and laws. Many Christians no longer observe the Sabbath (God's time and God’s law) because the pope has instituted Sunday worship; the Roman Catechism even has a different set of Ten Commandments in it than the Bible's. It is also obvious that this kingdom represented by the little horn is different from all the others. The Vatican is a nation that has great wealth (the little horn wares an expensive crown earlier in Daniel chapter 7) but is very small (like a little horn among big ones) and is wholly ruled by a religious leader unlike any other nation in Europe today. The Vatican is a nation because the USA has an ambassador to the Vatican.

There are even more clues to point to the papal system as being the anti-Christ.

"And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast." (Revelation 13:3 KJV)

The pope was taken out of power and made prisoner (wounded) in 1798 by Napoleon. But, the pope was miraculously healed from his deadly wound in 1929, by Premier Mussolini if Italy who gave the pope all his power back!

The whole world has wondered after the pope. Just look at everyone that attended the funeral of the late John Paul II - leaders of almost every nation in the world!

Also, we find this of the anti-Christ. " And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. (Revelation 13:5 - 6 KJV)

What is blasphemy? "The act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God." (American Heritage Dictionary)

Does the pope blaspheme?

"Against this background of love towards Holy Church, 'the pillar and bulwark of the truth' (1 Tim 3:15), we readily understand the devotion of Saint Francis of Assisi for 'the Lord Pope', the daughterly outspokenness of Saint Catherine of Siena towards the one whom she called 'sweet Christ on earth'" (Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation VITA CONSECRATA, (On The Consecrated Life And Its Mission In The Church And In The World), March 25, 1996.)

"The Pope is of so great dignity, and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God. and the vicar of God." (Ferraris Ecclesiastical dictionary)

"All names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is established that He is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope." (On the Authority of the Councils, book 2, chapter 17)

"The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth." (Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, "Cities Petrus Bertanous")

""To believe that our Lord God the Pope has not the power to decree as he is decreed, is to be deemed heretical." (the Gloss "Extravagantes" o.f Pope John XXII *** inter, Tit. XIV, Cap. IV. Ad Callem Sexti Decretalium, Paris, 1685)

I would say he dose! The pope also claimes to be able to forgive sins. The bible clearly says that this is blasphamy.

"Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?" (Mark 2:7 KJV)

I think the papal system matches up with the anti-Christ too much to be a coincidence.

I am sure anyone who can read can also see that I read the Bible as I have quoted it many times, and going to mass would only prove the case more.

Answer 2

What Martin Luther did changed into p.c. out the papacy of his time--no longer a particular pope--with the antichrist. Luther's grievance centred on the practices of the church, quite the sale of papal indulgences, which presented the uncomplicated those with the theory that salvation may be attained through a human organization, rather than divine will. An indulgence in reality allowed its customer to spend a lot less time in Purgatory, and indulgence sales were between the major sources of income of the papacy. yet in accordance to Luther, "An indulgence can under no circumstances remit guilt; the Pope himself can not do one of those component; God has kept that for the time of His own hand." This stance of route conflicted with the practices of the church, and rather with the practices of the papacy. A papal bull, in truth, condemned 40-between the ninety 5 theses; in reaction, Luther burned it publicly. the resultant conflict, quite the papacy's unwillingness to modify its techniques, presented about Luther's formula of the theory that the papacy changed into deliberately turning people faraway from God, which had to be the devil's artwork. therefore, the papacy changed into the antichrist.

Answer 3

Saul of Tarsus was the original "anti-Christ" and his doctrine was used by Roman Emperor Constantine when he invented the universal church.

So, you might say all popes and Catholics are "anti-Christs."

Answer 4

No. The Emperor Nero was believed by early Christians to be the Anti-Christ. They thought he was going to come back from the dead...but he didn't. Thus, Revelations is something you don't have to worry about. http://usminc.org/Paranormal/antichrist.html

Answer 5

No, he's the Pope. The head of the Holy Roman Catholic Church. He lives at the Vatican. That is in Italy. Maybe you've heard of it.


Oh my! A Northern Irelander who pukes up anti-Catholic comments! What a shock!

Answer 6

Some believe the pope after this one is going to be the false prophet.

Answer 7

i believe so.it says in revelations that he would be the deceiver of many,and that he would come from the church.also that he would be mortaly wounded and come back from the dead and would be mistaken by many as christ.so if someone holy like the pope was shot and rose again wouldnt it be easier to believe he was christ??or the devil.and look at a picture of the pope..those eyes look evil..dont ya think?.......

Answer 8

good question, but i don't think pope is the anti-christ. yeah i know few religious group think that too.

Answer 9

Yup, I really do. Or not so much the man as all of the men, or humans who make up the Roman Catholic Church. Rome or Lateanous is the only word that adds up to 666, and it does so in two numerical systems.

Answer 10

Please, the Pope is not the Anti-Christ. Go to Mass and read the Bible. God Bless you :)