anti-Christ

anti-Christ (plural anti-Christs)

1. Alternative form of antichrist.
   • 1988 July 1, Steven Greenhouse, “Rebel Archbishop Anoints 4 Bishops”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015:

     For his part, the 82-year-old Archbishop [Marcel] Lefebvre, who has been at odds with the church hierarchy for two decades, declared today that the Vatican is filled with "anti-Christs."

   • 2009 January 12, John Crace, “How to live like a Tory leader”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 December 2019:

     Feminist icon Kay Scarpetta battles against the anti-Christs.

   • 2009 September 9, Kathryn Shattuck, “What's On Today”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 November 2018:

     The prophet Nostradamus predicted the arrival of three anti-Christs who would wreak havoc on mankind.

anti-Christ or the anti-Christ

1. Alternative form of Antichrist.
   • 1932 July 18, William H[enry] Dunphy, quotee, “Anti-Christian War Is Traced to Russia […]”, in The New York Times‎^[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 1932:

     All religions on the face of the earth boil down to these two—the worship of Christ or the worship of the anti-Christ. Any civilization that centres in itself—making itself divine—is the anti-Christ.

   • 1980 November 15, Dorothy Gilliam, “A Superstitious View of [Ronald] Reagan’s Victory”, in The Washington Post‎^[5], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 August 2017:

     "All I know," she said as if transfixed, "is that the winning number on the winning number on Nov. 4 was 666, Ronald Wilson in each of his names, the number 666 connotes the anti-Christ or the devil, and the planets were in an unusual configuration on the day he won."

   • 1988 October 11, Reuters, “Papal Address Disrupted by [Ian] Paisley Tirade”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[6], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 August 2019:

     Pope John Paul II said today a united Europe could be a beacon of civilization, but his speech was disrupted by the Rev. Ian Paisley shouting that the pontiff was the “anti-Christ.”

   • 2008 May 30, Ian McEwan, “The day of judgment”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[7], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 September 2015:

     Consequently, moments of unintentional pathos, even comedy, arise - and perhaps something in our nature is revealed - as the future is constantly having to be rewritten, new anti-Christs, new Beasts, new Babylons, new Whores located, and the old appointments with doom and redemption quickly replaced by the next.