Fr. J.S: The destruction of the faith among nations and individuals after Vatican II is enough to show that the great apostasy is ongoing and the post-conciliar anti-popes are the ones teaching and implementing the doctrines of the Antichrist.
It is because of the vacancy of the seat of Peter which is now usurped by an antipope that prepares for the coming of the Antichrist
So, the post-conciliar "anti-popes" are implementing the doctrines of a man who hasn't even been seen on the earth yet?
Only Christ can affect the world during, after, and BEFORE His advent.
Please don't ascribe every evil in the world to the Antichrist -- especially when he's not even here yet. You're giving him divine attributes he doesn't have.
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We shift from a discussion on SV to who or what the Antichrist is.
Saint John talks about antichrists who lived in his time. In Scripture a word can be a composite of things, some symbolic some literal, among other "types" the King of the Jєωs was David but is also Jesus. Prophecy can be talking about both King David regarding a particular event that points to a different at the end of time.
The debate about the anti-Christ is not put so neatly in a box by the experts throughout the ages as you have managed to do.
So, the post-conciliar "anti-popes" are implementing the doctrines of a man who hasn't even been seen on the earth yet?
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We do not know that either way. But to use a world-wide vessel to snatch away as many souls as possible seems to fit the description. Yes.
Only Christ can affect the world during, after, and BEFORE His advent.
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Blatantly wrong. From the beginning of time Christ always had man, and angels effect the world, with His help of course. Man and angels can do nothing apart from him. But man has affected pretty good (bad) on his own, going against God's will. It is called free-will. Man affects the world before His advent. Isn't advent the time BEFORE His coming? Are we not already in the advent BEFORE His Second Coming?
Please don't ascribe every evil in the world to the Antichrist -- especially when he's not even here yet. You're giving him divine attributes he doesn't have.
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Where did I ascribe "every evil in the world" to the Antichrist? Saint John ascribes all evil to anti-christs. The anti-christ will embody all evil in a sense and your leaders that you don't follow are CERTAINLY paving his way, he will not have to do much work when he starts manifesting himself as most of the work has already been done for him. Mainly all religions are more or less good which is akin to saying none are true and is practical atheism in effect. The world is dumbed down, and the anti-popes who fool all the would be Catholics and give anti-Catholics reason to think they are right are a big part of that.