In 2 Thessalonians 2:3
sqq., St. Paul indicates as another sign of the day of the Lord, the revelation of the man
of sin, the son of perdition. "The man of sin" here described is generally
identified with the Antichrist who, says St. John (1 John 2:18), is to come in the last
days. Although much obscurity and difference of opinion prevails on this subject, it is
generally admitted from the foregoing and other texts that before the Second Coming there
will arise a powerful adversary of Christ, who will seduce the nations by his wonders, and
persecute the Church.
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