In 1947, Abp Fulton Sheen had an interesting take on the Antichrist…….
“The devil will not look like a comic book devil, but will be disguised as a great humanitarian. The Antichrist will write books on the “new idea” of God to suit the way people live and induce faith in astrology so as to make, not the will, but the stars responsible for sins. He’ll explain guilt away psychologically as inhibited eroticism, make men shrink in shame if their fellow men say they are not broadminded and liberal. He will be so broadminded as to identify tolerance with indifference to right and wrong, truth and error. He will spread the lie that men will never be better until they make society better.
He will foster more divorces under the guise of another partner being vital. He will increase “love for love” and decrease “love for actual persons”. He will invoke religion to destroy religion. He will even speak of Christ and say that He was the greatest man who ever lived. His mission, he will say, will be to liberate men from servitude to superstition and fascism, which he will never define.
But in the midst of all his seeming love for humanity and his glib talk of freedom and equality, he will have one great secret which he will tell to no one: he will not believe in God.
The three temptations of Christ in the desert will be repeated for the Church and for individuals. The temptation to turn stones into bread as an earthly Messiah will become temptations that sell freedom for security. As bread becomes a political weapon, only those who think his way may eat.
The Antichrist wants no proclamation of immutable principles from the lofty heights of the Church, but mass organization through propaganda. The Antichrist wants opinions, not truths, commentators, not teachers.
The Antichrist will prefer Gallup Polls, not principles, human nature, not grace, and to these “golden calves” will men toss themselves from Christ. They will have a new religion without a cross, a liturgy without a world to come, a “City of Man” without a “City of God”. Politics will be their religion. They will have a form of religion but deny its power.
The Antichrist breaks down all national boundaries - the last down being patriotism which dispenses men from piety to country so that they only become members of a revolutionary class.
People will become lonely and desperate but not wanting to humble themselves and adore the One true God. They will flock to accept a counter church that promises to unite people in a world brotherhood and give meaning to their lives that they once found in the true Church.
Only those who live by faith will really know what is happening in the world. The great masses without faith will be unconscious of the destructive processes going on. From now on, the struggle will be for the souls of men.
There will be a great division taking place - people dividing into two different religions as absolutes - the God who became man and the man who makes himself God - brothers in Christ and comrades in Antichrist.”
“The devil will not look like a comic book devil, but will be disguised as a great humanitarian. The Antichrist will write books on the “new idea” of God to suit the way people live and induce faith in astrology so as to make, not the will, but the stars responsible for sins. He’ll explain guilt away psychologically as inhibited eroticism, make men shrink in shame if their fellow men say they are not broadminded and liberal. He will be so broadminded as to identify tolerance with indifference to right and wrong, truth and error. He will spread the lie that men will never be better until they make society better.
He will foster more divorces under the guise of another partner being vital. He will increase “love for love” and decrease “love for actual persons”. He will invoke religion to destroy religion. He will even speak of Christ and say that He was the greatest man who ever lived. His mission, he will say, will be to liberate men from servitude to superstition and fascism, which he will never define.
But in the midst of all his seeming love for humanity and his glib talk of freedom and equality, he will have one great secret which he will tell to no one: he will not believe in God.
The three temptations of Christ in the desert will be repeated for the Church and for individuals. The temptation to turn stones into bread as an earthly Messiah will become temptations that sell freedom for security. As bread becomes a political weapon, only those who think his way may eat.
The Antichrist wants no proclamation of immutable principles from the lofty heights of the Church, but mass organization through propaganda. The Antichrist wants opinions, not truths, commentators, not teachers.
The Antichrist will prefer Gallup Polls, not principles, human nature, not grace, and to these “golden calves” will men toss themselves from Christ. They will have a new religion without a cross, a liturgy without a world to come, a “City of Man” without a “City of God”. Politics will be their religion. They will have a form of religion but deny its power.
The Antichrist breaks down all national boundaries - the last down being patriotism which dispenses men from piety to country so that they only become members of a revolutionary class.
People will become lonely and desperate but not wanting to humble themselves and adore the One true God. They will flock to accept a counter church that promises to unite people in a world brotherhood and give meaning to their lives that they once found in the true Church.
Only those who live by faith will really know what is happening in the world. The great masses without faith will be unconscious of the destructive processes going on. From now on, the struggle will be for the souls of men.
There will be a great division taking place - people dividing into two different religions as absolutes - the God who became man and the man who makes himself God - brothers in Christ and comrades in Antichrist.”
In 1947, Abp Fulton Sheen had an interesting take on the Antichrist…….
“The devil will not look like a comic book devil, but will be disguised as a great humanitarian. The Antichrist will write books on the “new idea” of God to suit the way people live and induce faith in astrology so as to make, not the will, but the stars responsible for sins. He’ll explain guilt away psychologically as inhibited eroticism, make men shrink in shame if their fellow men say they are not broadminded and liberal. He will be so broadminded as to identify tolerance with indifference to right and wrong, truth and error. He will spread the lie that men will never be better until they make society better.
He will foster more divorces under the guise of another partner being vital. He will increase “love for love” and decrease “love for actual persons”. He will invoke religion to destroy religion. He will even speak of Christ and say that He was the greatest man who ever lived. His mission, he will say, will be to liberate men from servitude to superstition and fascism, which he will never define.
But in the midst of all his seeming love for humanity and his glib talk of freedom and equality, he will have one great secret which he will tell to no one: he will not believe in God.
The three temptations of Christ in the desert will be repeated for the Church and for individuals. The temptation to turn stones into bread as an earthly Messiah will become temptations that sell freedom for security. As bread becomes a political weapon, only those who think his way may eat.
The Antichrist wants no proclamation of immutable principles from the lofty heights of the Church, but mass organization through propaganda. The Antichrist wants opinions, not truths, commentators, not teachers.
The Antichrist will prefer Gallup Polls, not principles, human nature, not grace, and to these “golden calves” will men toss themselves from Christ. They will have a new religion without a cross, a liturgy without a world to come, a “City of Man” without a “City of God”. Politics will be their religion. They will have a form of religion but deny its power.
The Antichrist breaks down all national boundaries - the last down being patriotism which dispenses men from piety to country so that they only become members of a revolutionary class.
People will become lonely and desperate but not wanting to humble themselves and adore the One true God. They will flock to accept a counter church that promises to unite people in a world brotherhood and give meaning to their lives that they once found in the true Church.
Only those who live by faith will really know what is happening in the world. The great masses without faith will be unconscious of the destructive processes going on. From now on, the struggle will be for the souls of men.
There will be a great division taking place - people dividing into two different religions as absolutes - the God who became man and the man who makes himself God - brothers in Christ and comrades in Antichrist.”
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