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By the way the Antichrist will be Assyrian.

True, but the beast must also be supported by a false prophet. Ironically the most radical Protestants, and the most traditional (SSPX/Tridentine) Catholics, are pretty much agreed on what office the false prophet will occupy.

...For some odd reason, whenever I think about this stuff, the power chords of a certain Iron Maiden song echo through my head....

Re: "True, but the beast must also be supported by a false prophet. Ironically the most radical Protestants, and the most traditional (SSPX/Tridentine) Catholics, are pretty much agreed on what office the false prophet will occupy."

I suspect you mean a Pope? As a SSPX/Tridentine Catholic I can assure you not all think as you do but not all will disagree either. This idea is a very old one. Savonarola was a Florentine Monk who is famous in art history for his Bonfires of the Vanities in which many famous Renaissance works of art and literature were burned. He lived at the end of the 15th century (pre Martin Luther) and was excommunicated and burned at the stake as a Heretic. I have read sermons by him that predict this. By the way Savonarola is now in the works for sainthood (go figure)

It is possible, but I am not entirely sure. Our crispy friend was right about some things to be sure but I do not know enough about his trial to form a judgment of him. They were doing some very questionable things at the time. You had papacies dedicated to Venus for example and even Dante's great work The Divine Comedy had the writer praying to Apollo at one point.

If pushed against a wall I would suspect the man who gives religious cover for the Antichrist will be a Judas like figure. Which means he will be a high ranking RCC official (perhaps a Pope but more likely a Cardinal) Remember Judas was an Apostle but the rank of Peter over and above the others was already well established by the time Judas betrayed Christ to evil men.

It is my theory that the Church is on the same road as Christ (Think stations of the Cross and the Rosary) The role of the popes is much like a sleeping Peter while the Church is being betrayed. I think the last 40 years has been a good example of just that. Popes are not speaking out with the same force they did in the past (Pius V, Leo XIII or Pius X.) Their teachings have become as muddled as a drowsy man still half asleep.

I think the betrayer will claim the title pope and the government will support that claim. Most will not have a clue the real Pope will be in hiding in the Wilderness. For a clue what I am talking about here please see Revelations Chapter 12. By they way does not the Lady remind you of the Church's view of Saint Mary?