5 Minutes in Church History with Stephen Nichols

Naming the Antichrist: Ancient and Medieval Views

5 min·September 24, 2025
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Who is the antichrist? The beast? The man of lawlessness? Today on episode 666 of the podcast, Stephen Nichols explores how several church fathers and medieval theologians wrestled with these questions—and whom they named as the antichrist.

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