why do people say the Pope is an anti-Christ?

Question

is there a valid explanation as to why these people believe the Pope to be an anti-Christ?

the first person in history that ever said that was Martin Luther in the midst of his anger, so why do these people believe the words of an angry man?

Answer 1

I do not know.

Biblical apocalyptic literature predicts the coming of "the" Antichrist, the name given to the one who will be Christ’s chief enemy. This will be just one person.

It is not uncommon for fundamentalist writers or preachers to attach the label to a currently living person. By calling a second (or third or fourth) person "the" Antichrist, they show that they were wrong when they applied the title to the first person.

Every Pope since the time of Martin Luther has been labeled "the" Antichrist by at least one anti-Catholic "Christian," making each one incorrect (so far).

The adjective "anti-Christ" does not refer to the person prophesied in the Bible. It may be applied to an attitude or action judged to be fundamentally opposed to Christ and his message, for example: Hating others is anti-Christ.

Pope Benedict XVI just wrote a wonderful book entitled, "Jesus of Nazareth." http://www.ignatius.com/ViewProduct.aspx?SID=1&Product_ID=3060&AFID=42

From a book review: Through his brilliance as a theologian and his personal conviction as a believer, the Pope shares a rich, compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of Jesus and invites us to encounter, face-to-face, the central figure of the Christian faith.

How can someone who writes such a book be accused of being either the Antichrist or anti-Christ?

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

What Martin Luther did was once establish the papacy of his time--no longer a specific pope--with the antichrist. Luther's feedback centered at the practices of the church, certainly the sale of papal indulgences, which offered the traditional humans with the proposal that salvation might be attained by way of a human company, as an alternative than divine will. An indulgence just about allowed its customer to spend much less time in Purgatory, and indulgence earnings have been some of the primary resources of revenue of the papacy. Yet in step with Luther, "An indulgence can not ever remit guilt; the Pope himself can't do any such factor; God has stored that during His possess hand." This stance certainly conflicted with the practices of the church, and certainly with the practices of the papacy. A papal bull, correctly, condemned forty one of the ninety five theses; in reaction, Luther burned it publicly. The resulting clash, certainly the papacy's unwillingness to difference its ways, resulted in Luther's components of the proposal that the papacy was once intentionally turning humans clear of God, which needed to be the Devil's paintings. Hence, the papacy was once the antichrist.

Answer 3

actuall there are many anit-christs
Any one who does intentional harm to his fellow man could be considered anti-christ

But I see what you mean

Reason being is .. well simple as being fed up with the chruch and not being able to change it because of too much politics

Answer 4

it's a traditional belief that Martin and his gang passed on to these people who believe their words.

Answer 5

He must've read the Bible...Try it for yourself, see what you find. Revelations...it's all there. God is soo Good, He gave us all we needed if we'd all just read it!