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Historicism, a method of interpretation in Christian eschatology which associates biblical prophecies with actual historical events and identifies symbolic beings with historical persons or societies, has been applied to the Book of Revelation by many writers. One of the most influential rhetorical aspects of the Protestant historicist paradigm was the speculation that the Pope could be the Antichrist. Martin Luther wrote this view, which was not novel, into the Smalcald Articles of 1537. It was then widely popularized in the 16th century, via sermons, drama, books, and broadside publication. ==Antichrist== Rather than expecting a single Antichrist to rule the earth during a future Tribulation period, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and other Protestant reformers saw the Antichrist as a present feature in the world of their time, fulfilled in the papacy. Some Franciscans had considered the Emperor Frederick II a positive Antichrist who would clean the Church from riches and clergy. The Centuriators of Magdeburg, a group of Lutheran scholars in Magdeburg headed by Matthias Flacius, wrote the 12-volume "Magdeburg Centuries" to discredit the Papacy, and identify the pope as the Antichrist.〔.〕 Some of the debated features of the Reformation historicist interpretations reached beyond the Book of Revelation. They included the identification of: * the Antichrist (1 and 2 John); the Beasts of Revelation 13; * the Man of Sin (or Man of Lawlessness) in 2 Thessalonians 2; * the "Little horn" of Daniel 7 and 8; and * the Whore of Babylon (Revelation 17). Seventh-day Adventists also teach that the Antichrist is the papacy.〔.〕〔.〕〔.〕〔.〕〔.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Historicist interpretations of the Book of Revelation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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