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and Antichrist.

Volume 14 from the one-column St. Louis Edition English DOCX texts, reformatted for mobile reading on Last Christian Ministries.

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Volume 14

and Antichrist.

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The pope on earth has completely turned this around.

Antichrist.

The kingdom of Antichrist is entirely external. What does the pope's law say otherwise than the order of chasubles, garments, plates, holidays, ordinations, benefices, sects, monks and priests? And they call themselves, their possessions and goods "spiritual goods"; themselves alone "the Christian church", the priests the chosen people of God, as if the laity were not in the church and God, against all Scripture. About this he denies the food, marriage, as Paul foretold: "There will come lying spirits and forbid such things." 1 Tim. 4, 1-3.