Antichrist

====Popes====
[[Pope Pius IX]] in the encyclical ''Quartus Supra'', quoting [[Cyprian]], said Satan disguises the Antichrist with the title of Christ.<ref>{{Cite web |last=IX |first=Pope BI Pius |date=1873-01-06 |title=Quartus Supra |url=https://www.papalencyclicals.net/pius09/p9quartu.htm |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Papal Encyclicals |language=en}}</ref> [[Pope Pius X]] in the encyclical ''E Supremi'' said that the distinguishing mark of the Antichrist is claiming to be God and taking his place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=E Supremi (October 4, 1903) {{!}} PIUS X |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-x/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-x_enc_04101903_e-supremi.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> [[Pope John Paul II]], in his August 18, 1985 address on his apostolic journey to Africa, said 1 John 4:3 ("Every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus does not belong to God. This is the spirit of antichrist") evokes the danger of theology divorced from holiness and theological culture divorced from serving Christ.<ref>[https://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/1985/august/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19850818_inaugurazione.pdf Vatican.Va: John Paul II, August 18, 1985 Address]</ref> [[Pope Benedict XVI]] said in the Sunday Angelus of March 11, 2012 that violence is the tool of the Antichrist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angelus, 11 March 2012 {{!}} BENEDICT XVI |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/angelus/2012/documents/hf_ben-xvi_ang_20120311.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> In the General Audience of November 12, 2008, Benedict XVI said Christian tradition had come to identify the son of perdition as the Antichrist.<ref>[https://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2008/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20081112.pdf Vatican.Va: Benedict XVI, General Audience of March 11, 2012]</ref> [[Pope Francis]], in his morning meditation of February 2, 2014, said that Christian faith is not an ideology, but that "the [[James the Great|Apostle James]] says that ideologues of the faith are the Antichrist."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faith is not casuistry (21 February 2014) {{!}} Francis |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2014/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20140221_faith-not-casuistry.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> In his morning meditation of September 19, 2014, Francis said the Antichrist must come before the final resurrection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fear of resurrection (19 September 2014) {{!}} Francis |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2014/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20140919_fear-of-resurrection.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> In his morning meditation of January 7, 2016, he said the evil spirit spoken of in 1 John 4:6 is the Antichrist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The only criterion (7 January 2016) {{!}} Francis |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2016/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20160107_the-only-criterion.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> In his morning meditation on November 11, 2016, Francis said whoever says the criteria of Christian love is not the Incarnation is the Antichrist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Letter of Love (11 November 2016) {{!}} Francis |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2016/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20161111_letter-of-love.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>