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World Encyclopedia
Term loosely referring to the supreme enemy of Christ. It is used in the letters of Saint John to refer
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A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)
The word occurs only in 1 John (2: 18, 22; 4: 3) and 2 John 7, where it stands for
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
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The Oxford Companion to Chaucer
The Antichrist, the leader of Christ's enemies mentioned in the New Testament, was early identified with various persecutors and enemies
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A Dictionary of World Mythology
In medieval Christian mythology, the prodigious tyrant of the last days, the arch-enemy of Christ. It was a notion that
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The Oxford Companion to German Literature (3 ed.)
in Judaic tradition, a false and hostile figure, appearing before the Messiah, became in the 8th c. the subject of
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
*Apocalyptic leader of evil expected to appear before Doomsday, persecute the faithful, and deceive Christians and Jews by claiming to
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The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Known as Dajjal (the deceiver). Supposed to appear during the age of injustice preceding the end of the world, causing
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The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible
The word “antichrist” occurs in the Bible only in 1 and 2 John. The prefix anti- in Greek means
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
The notion of the Antichrist, or “anti-Messiah,” is based on several New Testament passages (1 Jn. 2, 4;
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
An eschatological figure first mentioned in the epistles of John in the New Testament. He is described as a pseudo-
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The Oxford Companion to the Bible
The word “antichrist” occurs in the Bible only in 1 and 2 John. The prefix anti‐ in Greek means “over
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Gerhard Podskalsky
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
(᾽Αντίχριστος), the greatest antagonist of Christ, esp. at the Second Coming (parousia). The Greek word Antichristos appears in the Bible only in the epistles of ...
