{"id":1028,"date":"2015-07-11T07:47:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T07:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/?p=6254"},"modified":"2015-07-11T08:18:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T08:18:59","slug":"is-the-pope-the-antichrist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/?p=1028","title":{"rendered":"Is The Pope the Antichrist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Short answer: No! <\/p>\n<p>Some ideas stemming from the perverted understanding of the End Times of the Apostate West are trying to suggest the Pope may be the antichrist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnhardt.biz\/2015\/07\/09\/it-is-now-appropriate-to-begin-serious-discussions-as-to-whether-pope-francis-is-in-fact-the-antichrist\/\">http:\/\/www.barnhardt.biz\/2015\/07\/09\/it-is-now-appropriate-to-begin-serious-discussions-as-to-whether-pope-francis-is-in-fact-the-antichrist\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Pope better resembles the False Prophet, who has come to preach a new doctrine, a new teaching: Liberation Theology, to herald the dawn of a new era of &#8220;peace and justice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The truth about the Pope&#8217;s efforts of trying to bring about this spiritualized form of Marxism in a very subtle way, are sometimes shown plainly and clearly to the whole world by people that are &#8220;over-enthusiastic&#8221; about the prospects of seeing their struggle of a lifetime materialize:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/world\/communist-crucifix-puts-pope-francis-on-the-spot-20150709-gi95l0\">http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/world\/communist-crucifix-puts-pope-francis-on-the-spot-20150709-gi95l0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/content\/dam\/images\/g\/i\/9\/5\/j\/o\/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gi95l0.png\/1436477591604.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Pope is merely the voice that was chosen to herald the new era, but behind it is rallying the whole World Orthodoxy, as shown by non other than the <strong>Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Batholomew<\/strong>, who admits that the Synod of 2016 is about consecrating the unity in the face of iniquity in spite of doctrinal differences, and who&#8217;s agenda bears striking resemblance to the Pope&#8217;s long awaited September 2015 encyclical, which will become doctrine of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patriarchate.org\/la-civilta-cattolica\">https:\/\/www.patriarchate.org\/la-civilta-cattolica<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This Synod will, as you rightly observe, be a vital sign of unity among our Orthodox Churches at a time when our world demands a <strong>unified response to its critical challenges<\/strong> &#8230; The suffering of people in every corner of our planet today; the abuse of religion for political and other secular purposes; the difficulties facing Christians all over the world, and particularly in the areas where the Christian Church was born and grew up, regardless of confessional identities; the injustices inflicted on the weak members of contemporary societies; and <strong>the alarming ecological crisis which threatens the integrity and the very survival of God\u2019s creation<\/strong> \u2013 all these call for common action and the solution of the problems still dividing us.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related recent article:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/2015\/07\/10\/the-pope-calls-for-a-new-economic-and-ecological-order\/\">http:\/\/orthodoxaustralia.org\/2015\/07\/10\/the-pope-calls-for-a-new-economic-and-ecological-order\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short answer: No! 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