Chris Pinto, November 5, 2013

THE FINAL ANTICHRIST Chris discusses the 17th century book by Reformed author Francis Turretin, titled, "Whether it Can Be Proven the Pope of Rome is the Antichrist." While Martin Luther had famously denounced the Pope as Antichrist in the year 1520, it was a teaching that had been believed for centuries prior, by the followers of John Wycliffe and the Waldenses before him. By the time of Turretin's writing, the principle arguments were well established. In particular, Chris focuses on issues pertaining to Antichrist's title as the "Lawless one," as well as the subject of buying and selling where the Mark of the Beast in concerned. Because the Popes forbade anyone from conducting business or trade with those who were excommunicated, Turretin argued that the "mark" had already been fulfilled in the Middle Ages and was not some future event. Yet others see the working of the Papacy as a partial fulfillment that will have its ultimate climax when the final Antichrist is revealed.