The Antichrist
(first published in English in the 1880's)
Chapter 1- The
Preparation
ARTICLE I-THE REMOTE PREPARATION
1. God's Design
God frequently
punishes sinful man by delivering him up to a reprobate sense (Rom.
1:28) and to the tyranny of the passions of his heart (Rom. 1:24) as the
reward of his contempt of divine love. When the whole world shall renounce Christ and
reject the authority of His Church, when men shall say like the Jews of
old, we will not have this man to reign over us, (Luke 19:14), We
have no king but Caesar, Jn. 19:15), the vengeance of God
shall be swift and terrible. His treatment of the world. shall be like
to that of individuals. He shall respond to its criminal desires, which
stifles the love of those saving truths, by the
light of which the ship of state can alone be safely piloted through the
siren dangers to which it is constantly exposed. He shall deliver it up to the man of
sin who shall consign it to the darkness of vice
and error
since it rejected the light of truth and virtue. (2 Thes. 2). Satan
shall have universal sway for awhile over all nations.
The Holy Catholic Church,
which has fought the battles of Christ for eighteen hundred years, is
therefore destined to pass through a persecution
compared to which those that she has suffered up to the present time
are insignificant. St. Augustine classifies them under three general
headings. The first he calls violent, on account of the cruelty with
which the early Christians were treated by the Roman Emperors, while at a
later period the Church suffered from the deception of false brethren, a
trial much more insidious than the former, as it was more dangerous.
But the persecution of
Antichrist will combine both forms and will consequently prove more
redoubtable than when one form only had to be contended with.
2. Who is Antichrist
The word "Antichrist"
is composed of two Greek words, anti, against, and XPISTOS, Christ,
which signifies against Christ. He shall be supremely inimical to Jesus
Christ. This name, or rather surname, is given him by Holy Scripture,
which calls him also "the Man of Sin," "the Son of Perdition," (2 Thes.
2:3), "the Beast that ascended out of the abyss," (Apoc. 11:7), "the
abomination of desolation." (Dan. 9:27).
The Fathers and
theologians regard him as the most impious of men. As for his family
name, that is not known; still it is known that the number obtained from
the addition of the Greek letters with which it is written will be 666 [this
has always been foretold by the Holy Spirit and held by all the Church
to be future at the end of the age just before the Second Coming of Our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ]. "Behold wherein wisdom cometh," says St.
John in the Apocalypse,
"let him that understands count the number of the beast, for it is
the number of the man." It is the number 666. Many other names are
composed of this number. St. John calls this number "the number of the
man" because the number 6, which designates the day on which man was
created, enters into its composition in three different ways, namely, in
its concrete form, 6, and as a multiple of 10, 60, [and as a] multiple
of 100, [600] equals in all, 666. This triple ratio of 6 points out the threefold
prevarication and malediction of Satan, Antichrist's cruel master
and tyrant. Satan prevaricated and was cursed in heaven; he prevaricated
and was cursed in the serpent in paradise. Finally, he will prevaricate
a third time, and will be cursed in Antichrist, whom he shall employ to
allure the world and drag it into the abyss. (Cornel. - a Lapide). [The
third prevarication was when Satan lied to Jesus Christ and said that
the kingdoms of the world were his to give. They are not - all
belongs to God. That same lie, with the first two lies together -
all three, will be the final lie upon which the Antichrist and his
deception of the apostate rebels who reject God will be founded.]
The contemporaries of
Antichrist who are enlightened by the Sacred Scriptures will alone be
able to discover the solution to this problem. Such was the case with
those who were contemporary with Jesus Christ, of whom Antichrist will
be the counterpart. The Jews knew full well that Christ would come, but
they ignored the name that He would bear.
The
Mark, the Name, the Number of the beast and the Tower of Babel =
Ecumenism: The Name and Number of the beast.
The Name and Number of the beast.
Greek is in Isopsephia, Hebrew in Gematria,
Italian and English names (JOHAANNES PAOLO II and BENEDICT)
are with the Greek below them.
Pundarika
is from Sanskrit and is transliterated exactly to the Greek with the
exact English equivalent to the Sanskrit and Greek.
Pundarika
is given in the Greek under the English. Hammelek el Israel (king of
Israel), the name or title, that in all probability, the Antichrist will
claim for himself, is given in Hebrew under the English.
The
Cosmic Christ – Cosmocrator (the Gnostic name for the False-Christ the
Gnostics worshipped and which was actually Satan as immanent god of the
universe) and the fruits of that bad tree.
P U N D A R I K A
P
U N D
A R I
K A
80+ 400+ 50+ 4+ 1+ 100+ 10+ 20+ 1=666
Note: pundarika in
Sanskrit (the above English and Greek are direct transliterations letter
for letter from the Sanskrit) is literally “the great white dragon in
the abyss” which is the core and basis of the whole esoteric tradition,
priesthood, and the dainichi nyorai (the head of the diabolic trinity of
the dragon in Buddhism). The dainichi nyorai is also the exact very
basis for their magic/sorcery with it’s six elements they manipulate. Elements
here are exactly the stoichea in Col. 2:8.
English
transliteration (of how the crowds in Italian used to chant antipope
John Paul II’s name) to Greek (with the II added).
J O H A A N N
E S
I
O H A A
N N E S
10+ 70+ 8+ 1+ 1+ 50+ 50+ 5+ 200 =
395
P A O L O II
P
A O L
O II
80+ 1+ 70+ 30+ 70+ 10+10 = 271
--- 395+271 = 666
English to Greek
B E N E D I C T
B
E N E
D I K
T O S
2+ 5+ 50+ 5+ 4+ 10+ 20+ 300+ 70+ 200=666
Below:
Father Sloet of Holland’s solution to the final name of the Antichrist
(who will be a Jew) with medial kaph so
the reign of this false “ ‘king’ of Israel” will be temporary, i.e.
short.
(Note
in the below that the Hebrew characters read in reverse order than the
English letters) Numbers are under the English equivalents.
Hammelek l
Yisrael
H M L K L Y S R A L
ה מ ל כ ל י ש ר א ל
5+ 40+ 30+ 20+ 30+ 10+ 300+ 200+ 1+ 30
= 666
3. Will There be an Antichrist
Some have thought
that the word Antichrist is only a generic term by which all the
enemies of Christ are designated, a word comprising in its signification
all heretics, schismatics, apostates, infidels - in a word, all the
impious or antichristian empire. St. John seems to hold this opinion
when he says, "Even now there are become many Antchrists. He who denieth
that Jesus is the Christ, this is Antichrist." (1 In. 2:18-22). But
that this supposition is erroneous is proved by the context of the same
epistle. "Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard
that Antichrist cometh, even now there are many Antichrists."
Let it be remembered
that in the Greek or original text, the article 'O is employed in
connection with Antichrist in the first instance, and not in the second,
and the Greek article serves to determine persons and things; whence,
it follows that St. John did not mean that all the enemies of Jesus
Christ were to be comprised in one generic term expressed by the word
"Antichrist". On the contrary, he very succinctly, but clearly,
distinguishes Antichrist personally from all the other adversaries of
Christ.
Moreover, the Sacred Scriptures speak of Antichrist in various
places as being a particular person or individual. "The Man of Sin,"
"Son of Perdition," terms such as these cannot mean a collective body
since the individual is specifically pointed out, while it is easy to
explain why St. John employs the same word to distinguish the enemies
and adversaries of Christ. The similitude of tendencies and actions
suffices to justify the identity of names. The priests, prophets, and
kings of the old law were called "Christs". This, however, did not
hinder the Jews from believing in the coming of Christ, the Anointed par
excellence, source of all sacerdotal, prophetic, and royal
unction. And is not the same thing true of Antichrist and the
Antichrists, that is, of the enemies of Christ? But there shall come an
Antichrist of whom all the others are only the precursors. And this Man
of Sin will combine in himself all the malice collectively found in all
the others. All the Fathers and theologians unanimously concur in this
belief as to Antichrist's individuality. And consequently, his personal
existence and future event must be considered as an object of divine
faith, such as stated by Suarez and Bellarmine. [The object of divine
faith here is not the Antichrist, but only that we have been forewarned
that he will come and lead many astray and we are to have nothing to do
with him or his movement.]
4.
Antichrist Foretold and Prefigured
Before the coming of our Divine Saviour there
were many prophecies and figures given of Him. It shall be the same for
Antichrist. The prophet Daniel speaks of him in a literal and mystical
sense in three different chapters, namely, 7, 9, and 11, while St.
Matthew chapter 24, St. Mark chapter 13, St. John chapter 5, and St.
Paul in his 2nd Epistle to the Thessalonians chapter 2, St. John in his
1st and 2nd Epistles, and especially in the Apocalypse chapter 13; etc.
tell us of his future or coming event.
Since he will be the
incarnate evil and according to the expression of St. Ireneus (c. 28, lib.
5), the maximum of malice, "recapitulatio universae iniquitatis,"
the Fathers are justified in applying to him all the passages in the
Sacred Scriptures in which there is question of the actions of God and
His Church.
We are therefore justified in asserting that
Antichrist has been prefigured by the persecutions of the Church, by all
the enemies of Jesus Christ, whatever may have been the form under
which they have existed. Cruel persecutors such as the Caesars represent
his future cruelty towards those who will remain faithful to God.
Hypocritical persecutors such as Julian the Apostate are typical of his
deception and consummate hypocrisy. Heresy and schism, but above all the
incredulity and impiety of our time, are the prelude to the great
Apostasy into which he will cause many to fall. Finally, those who give
themselves up to their passions and who drink from the pool of iniquity
form themselves to his image and likeness, which explains the words of
St. Paul when he said. "For the mystery of iniquity already worketh." (2
Thes. 2:7).
ARTICLE II-ACTUAL
PREPARATION
As the mystery of
evil is always in labor, it is useful to take a passing glance at the
city of actual evil, in order that we may better understand how our
contemporaries prepare the way for the coming of the "Man of Sin."
1. Political Preparation
A few centuries ago
it was quite a difficult problem for theologians to explain how
Antichrist would bring the world under his political and religious
dominion. But in our time it is easy to conceive the possibility of such
a feat.
Communication with all
parts of the world is now rendered easy by means of steam and
electricity. People of different nations intermingle. The remotest parts
of Asia and Africa are no longer impenetrable; they are on the point of
entering into the European movement. The difference of manners and
customs tends to disappear; every obstacle to a universal fusion of
ideas seems to vanish; small nationalities are absorbed by the greater
ones, which in turn may one day become the prey of a more powerful one.
And such a preponderance is now quite manifest as regards resources, of
which the Jews are the rulers, while there are combined forces secretly
working to pervert public opinion throughout civilized nations and
destroy Catholic influence.
Evidently we are
rapidly drifting towards the time when all nations will blend in one
universal fusion of political unity. The great conqueror of modern times
seemed to realize this when he said: "In fifty years hence, Europe will
be either Cossack or a republic." Hence the possibility of the
political empire of Antichrist is evidently quite feasible.
2. Religious Preparation, Both Intellectual and Moral
But how shall he deprive the world of Christianity and have
himself adored as God? Alas, it is only too true that the minds and
hearts of men are admirably disposed for revolution and consequently
ready to accept and bear the cruel yoke of such a tyrant.
Revolution as the word itself implies means a subversion, but a
subversion of all that is true, good, beautiful, and grand in the
universe. It is the subversion of religion, representing its dogmas as
myths and its moral teachings as tyranical. It is the subversion of
authority. Licentiousness under the name of liberty becomes the order of
the day; each one is invested with the right to govern himself.
It is the subversion of reason: and do we not find leading minds
in some of the most enlightened nations denying the principle of
contradiction and maintaining the absolute identity of all beings?
Revolution is therefore essentially destructive, and it becomes
cosmopolitan by the action of secret societies scattered throughout the
world. Is it not true to say that the "mystery of iniquity" is prepared
in secret revolutionary dens?
But it does not
suffice to destroy; it is absolutely necessary to build up again. The
world 'cannot subsist long in a vacuum. It must have a religion; it must
have a philosophy; it must have an authority. Revolution will furnish
all these.
Instead of the
reasonable and supernatural religion of Jesus Christ, Revolution
will preach Pantheism. The God-humanity will impart the theurgic spirit
and thus lead men to adore the demon as the author of universal
emancipation. "Haste to my aid," exclaims one of the most rational of
revolutionists. "The faith of my fathers made thee the enemy of God and
His Church, but as for me I shall promulgate thy doctrine and ask thee
for nothing." .
"Haste, Satan, haste,
thou who art calumniated by priests and rulers; haste that I may press
thee to my heart; we have known each other long. Thy works, a cherished
one of my heart are not always good and pleasing, but they give tone to,
the universe and save it from being absurd. What would justice be
without thee? An instinct. What would reason be? A routine. What would
man be? A beast. Thou alone dost impart prosperity to all; by thee
riches are enobled. Thou art an excuse for authority and the seal of
virtue. Hope on proscribed one! The only arm that I can wield in thy
service is my pen, but that is worth millions of bulletins! (Proudhon
quoted by Bishop Dechamps in the Christ and Antichrist) .
What frightful immorality must follow in the train of this
shameless prostitution of religion! Never has the threefold
concupiscence made greater ravage among mankind. And this is the
religion sought and hoped for as the cherished boon of the aspirations
of our modern free thinkers.
To our Christian
philosophy, the honor of humanity's revolution will substitute a babel
of extravagant and absurd ideas. Instead of a mild and efficient
authority consecrated alike by Church and state, despotism and anarchy
will rise up and contend for the shreds of religious liberty and human
policy.
Alas, it must be
confessed that the advocates of error are on the
increase; the number of depraved characters become more and more
numerous. And if the state of perversion continue for a while longer,
Antichrist may come, for he will find the world prepared to receive and
serve him.
a homines ad servitutem promptos -- O man, how prompt to
enslavement Tacitus
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The
Antichrist: Rev. Paschal Huchede's view of the Antichrist
The present
blindness may be only a transistory evil to which shall succeed a more
perfect development and ready acceptance of the Catholic doctrine among
the nations of the earth. [This exegesis which was the approved doctrine
of the Catholic Church at that time and summed up nearly two thousand
years of teaching beginning with Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, was
written in French first and translated into English in 1884 which is
reproduced here. The curing for a while of the blindness occurred
beginning with Pius X and is over - the 1958 Conclave and Vatican II
are the final great apostasy and that will last until the Second Coming
of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the flesh from heaven with all of His elect
angels.]
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The
Antichrist: Rev. Paschal Huchede's view of the Antichrist
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Rev. Paschal
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