antichrist








noun Theology.

  1. a particular personage or power, variously identified or explained, who is conceived of as appearing in the world as the principal antagonist of Christ.
  2. (sometimes lowercase) an opponent of Christ; a person or power antagonistic to Christ.
  3. (often lowercase) a disbeliever in Christ.
  4. (often lowercase) a false Christ.

noun

  1. New Testament the antagonist of Christ, expected by early Christians to appear and reign over the world until overthrown at Christ’s Second Coming
  2. (sometimes not capital) an enemy of Christ or Christianity
n.

c.1300, from Late Latin antichristus, from Greek antikhristos [I John ii:18], from anti- “against” (see anti-) + khristos (see Christ).

A person mentioned in the New Testament as an enemy of Jesus, who will appear before the Second Coming and win over many of Jesus’ followers. The Antichrist is often identified with a beast described in the Book of Revelation, whom God destroys just before the final defeat of Satan.

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