“WHO is the Real Antichrist?”

Quotations compiled by Darryl Eberhart, Editor of “Examining the Tough Issues” (ETI) and

“Tackling the Tough Topics” (TTT) Newsletters

Website: www.toughissues.org // November 3, 2007 (Updated: October 14, 2009)

All emphasis is mine unless otherwise stated.

“John Wycliffe in England, Martin Luther in Germany, John Calvin in France, John Knox in Scotland, Ulrich Zwingli in Switzerland, and countless others, all preached that the humble Nazarene was the Christ and that the proud ROMAN PAPACY was the ANTICHRIST of [Ed.: Holy] Scripture. As a result of this high-impact, double-edged message – for Christ and against antichrist – the river of history literally changed its course. Hundreds of thousands of people in Europe and England FORSOOK the Roman [Ed.: Catholic] Church.” – Steve Wohlberg (“End Time DELUSIONS”; 2004; Page 112)

“[Ed.: John] Wycliffe, [Ed.: William] Tyndale, [Ed.: Martin] Luther, [Ed.: John] Calvin, [Ed.: Thomas] Cranmer; [Ed.: and] in the seventeenth century, [Ed.: John] Bunyan, the translators of the King James Bible and the men who published the Westminster and Baptist confessions of Faith; [Ed.: and] Sir Isaac Newton, [Ed.: John] Wesley, [Ed.: George] Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards; and more recently [Ed.: Charles Haddon] Spurgeon, Bishop J.C. Ryle and Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones; these men, among countless others, all saw the office of the PAPACY as the ANTICHRIST.” – Michael de Semlyen (“All Roads Lead to Rome?”; 1993; Pages 197, 198)

“[Ed.: Martin] Luther…proved, by the revelations of [Ed.: the prophet] Daniel and St. John, by the epistles of St. Paul, St. Peter, and St. Jude, that the reign of ANTICHRIST, predicted and described in the [Ed.: Holy] Bible, was the PAPACY.” – J.H. Merle d’Aubigné (“History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century”; Hartland Publications; 2006; Volume 1, Page 340)

“[Ed.: The POPE is] the very ANTICHRIST, and ‘SON OF PERDITION’, of whom [Ed.: the Apostle] Paul speaks.” – John Knox (1505-1572; Scottish Protestant clergyman and reformer)

“We here are of the conviction that the PAPACY is the seat of the true and real ANTICHRIST.” – Martin Luther (1483-1546; German theologian and religious reformer)

“He [Ed.: i.e., the POPE] is in an emphatic sense, ‘the MAN OF SIN’, as he increases all manner of sin above measure. And he [Ed.: i.e., the POPE] is, too, properly styled ‘the SON OF PERDITION’, as he has caused the death of numberless multitudes, both of his opposers and followers. …He it is…that ‘exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped’ [Ed.: II Thessalonians 2:4]…claiming the highest power and highest honor…claiming the prerogatives which belong to God alone.” – John Wesley (1703-1791; English clergyman and evangelist)

“[Ed.: The POPE is] the PRETENDED ‘Vicar of Christ’ on earth, who sits AS God over the Temple of God [Ed.: i.e., over the body of believers in Jesus Christ], EXALTING HIMSELF not only above all that is called God, but [Ed.: also exalting himself] over the souls and consciences of all his vassals, yea over the Spirit of Christ, over the Holy Spirit, yea, and God Himself…speaking against the God of heaven, thinking to change times and laws; but he is the ‘SON OF PERDITION’ (II Thessalonians 2).” – Roger Williams (1603-1683; English clergyman and colonist in America; founder of Rhode Island – considered the first Baptist pastor in America)

QUESTION: Were ALL of these men WRONG in their assessment of the Papacy?