Antichrist

====As "man of lawlessness"====
{{main|Man of sin}}
The Antichrist has been equated with the "man of lawlessness" or "lawless one" of 2 Thessalonians 2:3, though commentaries on the identity of the "man of lawlessness" greatly vary.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schink |first=W. F. |title=Our Great Heritage: Vol. 3 |date=1991 |publisher=[[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod#Publishing|Northwestern Publishing House]] |isbn=978-0810003798 |editor1=Lange |editor1-first=Lyle |location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin |page=572 |chapter=The Scriptural Doctrine of the Antichrist |editor2-last=Albrecht |editor2-first=Jerome G.}}</ref> The "man of lawlessness" has been identified with [[Caligula]],<ref name="netbible"/> Nero,<ref>St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on II Thess., Nicene-Post Nicene Fathers</ref> and the end times Antichrist. Some scholars believe that the passage contains no genuine prediction, but represents a speculation of the apostle's own, based on contemporary ideas of the Antichrist.<ref name="netbible">[http://net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=MAN%20OF%20SIN Net Bible: Man of sin] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707075356/http://net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=MAN%20OF%20SIN |date=July 7, 2009 }}</ref>