The Church is well aware of the Spirit of the antiChrist which is “already in the world”, and nevertheless despite this has always asserted that a literal human antiChrist would ascend to global power - along with the Beast and the False Prophet - as an “Unholy Trinity” in mockery of the Holy Trinity.
The two assertions don’t contradict each other - and Holy Tradition completes Scripture, not contradicting it. The Scriptures are themselves part of the Tradition, after all.
Regardless of catholic/orthodox or even protestant tradition, an end time superman titled "antichrist" is not found in scripture.
Jesus gave an entire "Revelation" (along with the book of Daniel) to teach us of the end times. If an end time superman was going to be necessary for us to know of, Christ would have told us. But He did not.
"Antichrist" is not in the bible other then the 4 uses of the word John penned.
Doubt you will listen, but the "beast" which will soon have a "mark", is the roman catholic church. The "false prophet" is apostate protestantism.
Rome and her harlot daughters are who we are to be mindful of. Not an end time superman.
I like the way you study. Keep up the great work.
We have been tasked to earnestly search the scriptures for answers. It is for us to know the Kingdom of God. The bible is our filter lenses for all truth.
The world's heart has waxed gross and will not heed the word nor search the scriptures for truth. Instead, the world looks to The Simpsons for prophecy.
The Holy Tradition is not limited to our Holy Scriptures. There’s simply not much point arguing about that any further.
The only contention is that your tradition has no basis in scripture. None.
We both agree, so correct. There is no argument.
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