Antichrist

==In popular culture==
{{main|List of fictional Antichrists}}

In February 1900, the Christian Russian philosopher and mystic [[Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher)|Vladimir Solovyov]] published the apocalyptic ''A Short Tale of the Antichrist'', showing his prophetic vision about the oncoming 20th century and the end of the human history.<ref name="Gloria.tv">{{cite web | author1 = card. [[Giacomo Biffi|G. Biffi]] | url = https://www.gloria.tv/article/t22C9vZG3G8r2sbFrxzoVtbgi | title = Russia Will Punish the World – 3rd Secret of Fatima Revealed | language = en | website = [[Gloria.tv]] | via = radiovaticana.org | quotation = The cardinal speaks often on the theme of the Antichrist. The Times of London reported in 2004 that the Cardinal described the Antichrist as "walking among us". | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180907032611/https://www.gloria.tv/article/t22C9vZG3G8r2sbFrxzoVtbgi| archive-date =September 7, 2018| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="ncregister">{{cite web |author1=Pronechen |first=J. |date=February 24, 2017 |title=Vladimir Soloviev, the Mystic Admired by Popes |url=http://www.ncregister.com/blog/joseph-pronechen/soloviev-the-mystic-admired-by-popes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302183919/http://www.ncregister.com/blog/joseph-pronechen/soloviev-the-mystic-admired-by-popes |archive-date=March 2, 2017 |access-date=September 5, 2018 |website=ncregister.com}}</ref> It is prophesied that the Antichrist will present himself to the whole of humanity like a [[pacifism|pacifist]], [[animalism (philosophy)|animalist]], [[ecology|ecologist]], [[vegetarian]], [[ecumenism|ecumenist]], [[biblical exegesis|biblical exegete]], [[philanthropy |philanthropist]], as a person who has [[faith]] in the [[progress]] of science and in [[apocatastasis|universal forgiveness]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.korazym.org/51972/ammonimento-sullanticristo-del-cardinale-giacomo-biffi-dal-magistero-di-solovev-profetico-e-al-tempo-stesso-un-largamente-inascoltato/|title=Ammonimento sull'Anticristo del cardinale Giacomo Biffi|author=[[Giacomo Biffi]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.tempi.it/anticristo-persona-perbene-lezione-inascoltata-solovev-biffi/|title=L’Anticristo, una persona perbene. La lezione (inascoltata) del grande Solov’ëv spiegata da Biffi|date=10 August 2015|author=Giacomo Biffi}}</ref> He "will convoke an ecumenical council and will seek the consensus of all the Christian confessions, granting something to each one."<ref name="Gloria.tv" />

The enthronement of the Antichrist is associated with [[conspiracy theories]], particularly a Satanic plot to destroy the Christian faith in [[St. Nicholas]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Dwight (Reverend) |first=Joseph |date=November 10, 2013 |title=The Masonic Plan For The Destruction Of The Catholic Church |url=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3089699/posts |access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref>

Antichrist is the title of a song released by British alternative band [[The 1975]] released in 2012 on the [[Facedown (EP)|Facedown EP.]]