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<blockquote data-quote="Ben Boatman" data-source="post: 1550897" data-attributes="member: 22421">Reading about the &quot;Man of Lawlessness&quot; in 2 Thessalonians 2, I&#039;m reading only about myself.Not because I am &quot;the AntiChrist&quot;, but because, as the Theologian wrote, the spirit of antichrist is here (and always was).Better to deal within the sin within, and prepare for Christ&#039;s coming, than to fear for some bogeyman.&nbsp; And I think we&#039;d all agree with that.Next, Matthew 24:24 immediately refutes Fr. Andrew&#039;s interpretation of the preceding verse (24:23)Cleary note the plural &quot;false christs and false prophets&quot;, is not a singular AntiChrist, but false christs of a spirit.It took a while, but I finally found the specific St. Cyril reference.<a href="https://catholicbiblestudy.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/st-cyril-of-jerusalem-catechetical-lecture-15/" target="_blank">St. Cyril of Jerusalem Catechetical Lecture 15</a>In only one of the 33 sections, AntiChrist is clearly referred to as a single person, compared to the other 32, which all refer to antichrist without a definite article.Nevertheless, I will concede this as one indisputable use of AntiChrist in reference to a singular person, amid all I&#039;ve looked at today (including another, more easy to find writing of St. Cyril).Point, set, match?&nbsp; Yes, I&#039;ll concede.And you&#039;ll have to concede:&nbsp; We&#039;ve all been behaving like Protestants, reading and quoting this or that.And I do declare the OP article suspicious, at best, based upon Fr. Andrew&#039;s abuse of Matthew 24:23.I hope you&#039;ll consider that as well, and read the original sources, rather than his interpretation.Or read nothing, and just prepare for tribulations - body and soul - whenever they may come.At least, I think that&#039;s &quot;What Would Jesus (Say to) Do&quot;.So that&#039;s what I&#039;m doing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ben Boatman, post: 1550897, member: 22421"] Reading about the "Man of Lawlessness" in 2 Thessalonians 2, I'm reading only about myself. Not because I am "the AntiChrist", but because, as the Theologian wrote, the spirit of antichrist is here (and always was). Better to deal within the sin within, and prepare for Christ's coming, than to fear for some bogeyman. And I think we'd all agree with that. Next, Matthew 24:24 immediately refutes Fr. Andrew's interpretation of the preceding verse (24:23) Cleary note the plural "false christs and false prophets", is not a singular AntiChrist, but false christs of a spirit. It took a while, but I finally found the specific St. Cyril reference. [URL='https://catholicbiblestudy.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/st-cyril-of-jerusalem-catechetical-lecture-15/']St. Cyril of Jerusalem Catechetical Lecture 15[/URL] In only one of the 33 sections, AntiChrist is clearly referred to as a single person, compared to the other 32, which all refer to antichrist without a definite article. Nevertheless, I will concede this as one indisputable use of AntiChrist in reference to a singular person, amid all I've looked at today (including another, more easy to find writing of St. Cyril). Point, set, match? Yes, I'll concede. And you'll have to concede: We've all been behaving like Protestants, reading and quoting this or that. And I do declare the OP article suspicious, at best, based upon Fr. Andrew's abuse of Matthew 24:23. I hope you'll consider that as well, and read the original sources, rather than his interpretation. Or read nothing, and just prepare for tribulations - body and soul - whenever they may come. At least, I think that's "What Would Jesus (Say to) Do". So that's what I'm doing. [/QUOTE]

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