St. John Henry Newman - The Patristical Idea of Antichrist | Pt. 4: The Persecution of Antichrist

<p><em>"<span style="font-weight: 400;">Here then we have a sign of Antichrist's appearance—I do not say of his instant coming, or his certain coming… still, so far as it goes, it is a preparation, a warning, a call to sober thought...</span>"</em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is the fourth in Newman’s series of lectures on</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Patristical Idea of Antichrist.</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">In this final lecture, Newman focuses his attention on the persecution that is prophesied to attend the coming of Antichrist— a persecution which, the prophecies indicate, will be more terrible than any to have come before, and will only be cut short by Jesus’s Second Coming.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As with any meditation upon the apocalypse, the end of this meditation is our own conversion: to chasten our attachment to this world, to be awake so as not to be deceived or seduced away from following Christ, to accept persecution for His sake, and to prepare for the day when we will stand before Him.</span></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p><em>The Persecution of Antichrist</em> Full text: <a href= "https://www.newmanreader.org/works/arguments/antichrist/lecture4.html" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.newmanreader.org/works/arguments/antichrist/lecture4.html</a></p> <p><em>Pt. 3, The City of Antichrist</em> on Catholic Culture Audiobooks: <a href= "https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-john-henry-newman-patristical-idea-antichrist-pt-3-city-antichrist/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-john-henry-newman-patristical-idea-antichrist-pt-3-city-antichrist/</a></p> <p><em>Pt. 2, The Religion of Antichrist </em>on Catholic Culture Audiobooks: <em><a href= "https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-john-henry-newman-patristical-idea-antichrist-pt-2-religion-antichrist/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-john-henry-newman-pa