Demonology and devil-lore . REFORMER v. POPE. 257 predictions concerning Antichrist was that he wouldtravesty the birth of Christ from a virgin by being bornof a nun by a Bishop. Luthers marriage with the nunCatharine von Bora came sufficiently near the predictionto be welcomed by his enemies. The source of his in-spiration as understood by Catholics is cleverly indicatedin a caricature of the period (Fig. 14).. Fig. 13.—Antichrists Descent (L. Cranach). The theory that the Papacy represents Antichrist hasso long been the solemn belief of rebels against its autho-rity, that it has become a vul
Demonology and devil-lore . REFORMER v. POPE. 257 predictions concerning Antichrist was that he wouldtravesty the birth of Christ from a virgin by being bornof a nun by a Bishop. Luthers marriage with the nunCatharine von Bora came sufficiently near the predictionto be welcomed by his enemies. The source of his in-spiration as understood by Catholics is cleverly indicatedin a caricature of the period (Fig. 14).. Fig. 13.—Antichrists Descent (L. Cranach). The theory that the Papacy represents Antichrist hasso long been the solemn belief of rebels against its autho-rity, that it has become a vulgarised article of Protestantfaith. On the other hand, Catholics appear to take apolitical and prospective view of Antichrist. CardinalManning, in his pastoral following the election of LeoXIIL, said : A tide of revolution has swept over allcountries. Every people in Europe is inwardly divided VOL. II. R 258 MODERN NOTIONS OF ANTICHRIST. against itself, and the old society of Christendom, with itslaws, its sanctities, and its stability, is giving way beforethe popular will, which has no law, or rather which claimsto be a law to itself. This is at least the forerunning signof the Lawless One, who in his own time shall be revealed.
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