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The Antichrist is often associated with, and in some interpretations considered equivalent to, ''the Beast'' of Revelation or the ''Man of Sin'' referenced in II Thessalonians 2:3.

The Antichrist is often associated with, and in some interpretations considered equivalent to, ''the Beast'' of Revelation or the ''Man of Sin'' referenced in II Thessalonians 2:3.

The Protestant Reformers did not hesitate to declare in the strongest possible language that the [[Pope]] is indeed the Antichrist<ref>[http://www.semperreformanda.com/creeds/the-reformers-on-who-is-the-antichrist/ The Reformers On Who is the Antichrist? (semperreformanda.com)] Nicolaus Von Amsdorf (1483-1565), Martin Luther (1483-1546), Flacius (1570), Georg Nigrinus (1530-1602), John Calvin (1509-1564), John Knox (1505-1572), Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), Roger Williams (1603-1683), Baptist Confession of Faith (1689), The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), John Wesley (1703-1791), Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892), Rev. J. A. Wylie (1808-1890)</ref>. This is the doctrinal position of conservative Christian [[Evangelical Christians|Evangelicals]], [[Baptist Church|Baptists]], [[Fundamentalism|Fundamentalists]], the [[Plymouth Brethren]], and anti-Catholic groups in general who hold to the doctrine of [[Dispensationalism]] and the [[Rapture#Controversy Surrounding Rapture|Pre-Tribulation Rapture]].

The Protestant Reformers did not hesitate to declare in the strongest possible language that the [[Pope]] and the office of the Papacy is indeed the Antichrist<ref>[http://www.semperreformanda.com/creeds/the-reformers-on-who-is-the-antichrist/ The Reformers On Who is the Antichrist?(semperreformanda.com)] Nicolaus Von Amsdorf (1483-1565), Martin Luther (1483-1546), Flacius (1570), Georg Nigrinus (1530-1602), John Calvin (1509-1564), John Knox (1505-1572), Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), Roger Williams (1603-1683), Baptist Confession of Faith (1689), The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), John Wesley (1703-1791), Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892), Rev. J. A. Wylie (1808-1890)</ref>. This is the doctrinal position of conservative Christian [[Evangelical Christians|Evangelicals]], [[Baptist Church|Baptists]], [[Fundamentalism|Fundamentalists]], the [[Plymouth Brethren]], and anti-Catholic groups in general who hold to the doctrine of [[Dispensationalism]] and the [[Rapture#Controversy Surrounding Rapture|Pre-Tribulation Rapture]].

According to the biblical definition of the identity of antichrist [[Biblical inerrancy|infallibly]] set forth in 1 John 2:22; 4:3 and 2 John 7, no historical [[pope]] has been the antichrist. None of them has denied that Jesus is the Christ, none of them has denied the Father and the Son, none of them has denied that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, each of them [[dogma]]tically confessing that Jesus Christ has indeed come in the flesh, and therefore none of them is or has been the antichrist.

According to the biblical definition of the identity of antichrist [[Biblical inerrancy|infallibly]] set forth in 1 John 2:22; 4:3 and 2 John 7, no historical [[pope]] has been the antichrist. None of them has denied that Jesus is the Christ, none of them has denied the Father and the Son, none of them has denied that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, each of them [[dogma]]tically confessing that Jesus Christ has indeed come in the flesh, and therefore none of them is or has been the antichrist.