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subject	book bibliographic info
antichrist	Ando and Ruepke (2006), Religion and Law in Classical and Christian Rome, 116 Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 262 Boustan Janssen and Roetzel (2010), Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity, 215, 217, 231 Cain (2013), Jerome and the Monastic Clergy: A Commentary on Letter 52 to Nepotian, 113 Dignas Parker and Stroumsa (2013), Priests and Prophets Among Pagans, Jews and Christians, 223 Dijkstra and Raschle (2020), Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity, 235, 236, 240, 362 Gagne (2021), Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece, 402, 404, 409 Klein and Wienand (2022), City of Caesar, City of God: Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, 273, 275, 277 Langstaff, Stuckenbruck, and Tilly, (2022), The Lord’s Prayer, 45 Levison (2009), Filled with the Spirit, 233, 407, 408, 409, 410, 413, 415, 416, 419, 420 Lunn-Rockliffe (2007), The Letter of Mara bar Sarapion in Context, 170 Lynskey (2021), Tyconius’ Book of Rules: An Ancient Invitation to Ecclesial Hermeneutics, 51, 116, 132, 181, 212, 259, 287, 311, 317 O'Daly (2020), Augustine's City of God: A Reader's Guide (2nd edn), 204, 205, 206, 246, 247, 248 Ramelli (2013), The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New Testament to Eriugena, 91, 97, 236 Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 141, 212 Tellbe Wasserman and Nyman (2019), Healing and Exorcism in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity, 208 Van Nuffelen (2012), Orosius and the Rhetoric of History, 155, 160 Vinzent (2013), Christ's Resurrection in Early Christianity and the Making of the New Testament, 71, 109
antichrist, christ	Binder (2012), Tertullian, on Idolatry and Mishnah Avodah Zarah: Questioning the Parting of the Ways Between Christians and Jews, 81
antichrist, false prophecy, and the	Dignas Parker and Stroumsa (2013), Priests and Prophets Among Pagans, Jews and Christians, 223
antichrist, figure	Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 177
antichrist, heresiological theme	Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 112, 113, 123, 148, 163, 164, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 259, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535
antichrist, ontological non-subsistence	Ramelli (2013), The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New Testament to Eriugena, 100
antichrist/s	Tabbernee (2007), Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism, 90, 98, 283, 343

List of validated texts:

8 validated results for "antichrist"

1. New Testament, 1 John, 2.18-2.19, 2.25, 4.1-4.3 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Antichrist • Antichrist, heresiological theme • Antichrist/s • antichrist

Found in books: Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 183, 184, 531, 532; Levison (2009), Filled with the Spirit, 233, 407, 410, 415, 416, 419; O'Daly (2020), Augustine's City of God: A Reader's Guide (2nd edn), 246; Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 212; Tabbernee (2007), Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism, 90; Vinzent (2013), Christ's Resurrection in Early Christianity and the Making of the New Testament, 71

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2.18 Παιδία, ἐσχάτη ὥρα ἐστίν, καὶ καθὼς ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἀντίχριστος ἔρχεται, καὶ νῦν ἀντίχριστοι πολλοὶ γεγόνασιν· ὅθεν γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐσχάτη ὥρα ἐστίν. ^2.19 ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐξῆλθαν, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἦσαν ἐξ ἡμῶν· εἰ γὰρ ἐξ ἡμῶν ἦσαν, μεμενήκεισαν ἂν μεθʼ ἡμῶν· ἀλλʼ ἵνα φανερωθῶσιν ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν πάντες ἐξ ἡμῶν. ^2.25 καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐπαγγελία ἣν αὐτὸς ἐπηγγείλατο ἡμῖν, τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον. ^4.1 Ἀγαπητοί, μὴ παντὶ πνεύματι πιστεύετε, ἀλλὰ δοκιμάζετε τὰ πνεύματα εἰ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστίν, ὅτι πολλοὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐξεληλύθασιν εἰς τὸν κόσμον. ^4.2 Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκετε τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ· πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ ὁμολογεῖ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστίν, ^4.3 καὶ πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ μὴ ὁμολογεῖ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν· καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ τοῦ ἀντιχρίστου, ὃ ἀκηκόατε ὅτι ἔρχεται, καὶ νῦν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐστὶν ἤδη.'' None

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2.18 Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the end times. ' "^2.19 They went out from us, but they didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us. " ^2.25 This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life. ' "^4.1 Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. " '^4.2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, ' "^4.3 and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already. "' None

2. New Testament, 1 Thessalonians, 4.17, 5.21 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Antichrist • Antichrist, heresiological theme

Found in books: Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 533, 534; Levison (2009), Filled with the Spirit, 233; O'Daly (2020), Augustine's City of God: A Reader's Guide (2nd edn), 246, 247; Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 141

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4.17 ἔπειτα ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες οἱ περιλειπόμενοι ἅμα σὺν αὐτοῖς ἁρπαγησόμεθα ἐν νεφέλαις εἰς ἀπάντησιν τοῦ κυρίου εἰς ἀέρα· καὶ οὕτως πάντοτε σὺν κυρίῳ ἐσόμεθα. ^5.21 πάντα δὲ δοκιμάζετε, τὸ καλὸν κατέχετε,'' None

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4.17 then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever. ^5.21 Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. '' None

3. New Testament, 1 Timothy, 4.1 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Antichrist • Antichrist, heresiological theme

Found in books: Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 112, 113, 184, 533; Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 212

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4.1 Τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ῥητῶς λέγει ὅτι ἐν ὑστέροις καιροῖς ἀποστήσονταί τινες τῆς πίστεως, προσέχοντες πνεύμασι πλάνοις καὶ διδασκαλίαις δαιμονίων'' None

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4.1 But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, '' None

4. New Testament, 2 Thessalonians, 2.2-2.4, 2.6-2.7, 2.9 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Antichrist • Antichrist, heresiological theme • antichrist

Found in books: Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 532, 534, 535; Lunn-Rockliffe (2007), The Letter of Mara bar Sarapion in Context, 170; Lynskey (2021), Tyconius’ Book of Rules: An Ancient Invitation to Ecclesial Hermeneutics, 212, 287; O'Daly (2020), Augustine's City of God: A Reader's Guide (2nd edn), 246; Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 141

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2.2 εἰς τὸ μὴ ταχέως σαλευθῆναι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ νοὸς μηδὲ θροεῖσθαι μήτε διὰ πνεύματος μήτε διὰ λόγου μήτε διʼ ἐπιστολῆς ὡς διʼ ἡμῶν, ὡς ὅτι ἐνέστηκεν ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου. ^2.3 μή τις ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατήσῃ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον· ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ ἔλθῃ ἡ ἀποστασία πρῶτον καὶ ἀποκαλυφθῇ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας, ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας, ^2.4 ὁ ἀντικείμενοςκαὶ ὑπεραιρόμενος ἐπὶ πάνταλεγόμενονθεὸνἢ σέβασμα, ὥστε αὐτὸνεἰς τὸνναὸντοῦ θεοῦ καθίξαι,ἀποδεικνύντα ἑαυτὸν ὅτι ἔστινθεός—. ^2.6 καὶ νῦν τὸ κατέχον οἴδατε, εἰς τὸ ἀποκαλυφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ καιρῷ· ^2.7 τὸ γὰρ μυστήριον ἤδη ἐνεργεῖται τῆς ἀνομίας· μόνον ὁ κατέχων ἄρτι ἕως ἐκ μέσου γένηται. ^2.9 οὗ ἐστὶν ἡ παρουσία κατʼ ἐνέργειαν τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐν πάσῃ δυνάμει καὶ σημείοις καὶ τέρασιν ψεύδους'' None

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2.2 not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of Christ had come. ^2.3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction, ^2.4 he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God. ^2.6 Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. ^2.7 For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way. ^2.9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, '' None

5. New Testament, Apocalypse, 12.5 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Antichrist • antichrist figure

Found in books: Mathews (2013), Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, 177; Rowland (2009), The Mystery of God: Early Jewish Mysticism and the New Testament, 141

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12.5 καὶἔτεκενυἱόν,ἄρσεν,ὃς μέλλειποιμαίνεινπάντατὰ ἔθνη ἐν ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ·καὶ ἡρπάσθη τὸ τέκνον αὐτῆς πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ πρὸς τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ.'' None

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12.5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.'' None

6. New Testament, Matthew, 7.21-7.23, 24.15 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Antichrist • Antichrist, heresiological theme • antichrist

Found in books: Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 531, 532, 535; Levison (2009), Filled with the Spirit, 233; Lynskey (2021), Tyconius’ Book of Rules: An Ancient Invitation to Ecclesial Hermeneutics, 181

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7.21 Οὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι Κύριε κύριε εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἀλλʼ ὁ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς. ^7.22 πολλοὶ ἐροῦσίν μοι ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ Κύριε κύριε, οὐ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι ἐπροφητεύσαμεν, καὶ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι δαιμόνια ἐξεβάλομεν, καὶ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι δυνάμεις πολλὰς ἐποιήσαμεν; ^7.23 καὶ τότε ὁμολογήσω αὐτοῖς ὅτι Οὐδέποτε ἔγνων ὑμᾶς· ἀποχωρεῖτε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν. ^24.15 Ὅταν οὖν ἴδητε τὸ Βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Δανιὴλ τοῦ προφήτου ἑστὸς ἐν τόπῳ ἁγίῳ, ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω,'' None

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7.21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. " "^7.22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?' " "^7.23 Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.' " ^24.15 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), '" None

7. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Antichrist • Antichrist, heresiological theme

Found in books: Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 183, 184, 531, 532; Levison (2009), Filled with the Spirit, 407

8. None, None, nan (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Antichrist, heresiological theme • Christ, antichrist

Found in books: Binder (2012), Tertullian, on Idolatry and Mishnah Avodah Zarah: Questioning the Parting of the Ways Between Christians and Jews, 81; Boulluec (2022), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries, 113, 185, 186, 187

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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