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Man of Sin (The)

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(2 Thess. ii. 3). The Roman Catholics say the Man of Sin is Antichrist. The Puritans applied the term to the Pope of Rome; the Fifth - Monarchy men to Cromwell; many modern theologians apply it to that “wicked one” (identical with the “last horn” of Dan. vii.) who is to immediately precede the second advent.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Man of Brass (The)
Man of December
Man of Destiny (The)
Man of Feeling
Man of Letters (A)
Man of Remnants (A)
Man of Ross
Man of Salt
Man of Sedan
Man of Silence (The)
Man of Sin (The)
Man of Straw (A)
Man of the Hill (The)
Man of the Sea
Man of the Third Republic (The)
Man of the World (A)
Man of Three Letters
Man-of-War (A)
Man of Wax
Man of Whipcord (A)
Manche (French)

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Man of Sin