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" Antichrist : "
Bernard McGinn.
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BL
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871784
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| Main Entry
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McGinn, Bernard,1937-
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Antichrist : : two thousand years of the human fascination with evil /\ Bernard McGinn.
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1st ed.
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[San Francisco, CA] :: HarperSanFrancisco,, ©1994.
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xiii, 369 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0060652829
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: 0060655437
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: 9780060652821
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: 9780060655433
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-351) and index.
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| Contents
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Perversion, blasphemy, and abomination: Jewish visions of God's enemies and the last days (c. 200 B.C.E.-50 C.E.) -- Christ's alter ego: the second Adam and his opposite (50-100) -- Persecution, heresy, and self-deceit: Antichrist in developing Christianity (100-500) -- Antichrist established: the final enemy in the early Middle Ages (500-1100) -- Church reform and Antichrist's imminence (1100-1200) -- Counterfeit holiness: the Papal Antichrist (1200-1335) -- Antichrist on the eve of the Reformation (1335-1500) -- Antichrist divided: Reformers, Catholics, and Puritans debate Antichrist (1500-1660) -- Antichrist in decline (1660-1900) -- Antichrist our contemporary.
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Shows that down through the ages the notion of the Antichrist has served the human need to understand the persistence of evil in the world. It has also been a source of great evil itself, for it has led to persecution and suspicion of other religions.
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Antichrist-- History of doctrines.
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Antéchrist-- Histoire des doctrines.
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Antichrist
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Antichrist-- History of doctrines.
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Antichrist.
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| Dewey Classification
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236
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| LC Classification
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BT985.M29 1994
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11.59bcl
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Anti-Christ
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