Robin,

Although I find little that is appealing in the Preterist view, I must admit that in regard to this matter of the "antichrist", it is far more logical and plausible than the view that insists that the pope and/or the office of pope is the antichrist. Of course I would simply say that there is an "already but not yet" aspect to this matter and thus there will be a future individual who will be the embodiment of the spirit of the antichrists which the lesser "many" antichrists have typified. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

In His Grace,

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simul iustus et peccator

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