"All the marks by which the Spirit of God has pointed out Antichrist, [however,] appear clearly in the Pope[s]. Let us remember that Antichrist has not only been indicated by God’s Spirit!…. The marks by which he may be discerned, have also been ascribed to him.
"Those who think that he would be just one man, are dreaming! For Paul…plainly shows that it would be a kingdom (Second Thessalonians 2:3). He first foretells a falling away that would spread throughout the whole Church…. Then he makes the head of this apostasy, the adversary of Christ who would sit in God’s Temple and claim divine honours. Unless we deliberately want to err — let us learn to know Antichrist from Paul’s description!…