# Antichrist — The City of God character guide

> Antichrist in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Figure of end-times opposition to Christ, discussed in the context of prophecy and judgment.

## In the story

### [Chapter XXI: The Lord's Revelation to the Demons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxi)

The prince of demons doubts whether Christ is the Christ and attempts to tempt Him.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiv)

Mentioned in connection with the great tribulation at the end of the world.

### [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-lii)

Expected to inflict the final, eleventh persecution on the Church.

### [Of the hidden time of the final persecution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-liii)

The figure who will lead the final persecution, to be slain by Christ.

### [Of the binding and loosing of the devil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-viii)

Implied as the beast and false prophet associated with the devil's final persecution.

### [Chapter IX: The Reign of the Saints with Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-ix)

Implied as the beast and his image, representing the ungodly city and false Christians.

### [Of Gog and Magog, who are to be roused by the devil to persecute the Church, when he is loosed in the end of the world](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xi)

Implied as the devil's agent in the final persecution, though not named directly.

### [Chapter XII: Whether the Fire That Came Down Out of Heaven and Devoured Them Refers to the Last Punishment of the Wicked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xii)

Mentioned as the adversary whom Christ will destroy, and to whose party the saints refuse to be drawn.

### [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xiii)

The figure whose final persecution lasts three years and six months, as discussed in Revelation and Daniel.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xiv)

Identified as the false prophet in the lake of fire.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xix)

The adversary who will come before Christ's judgment, seducing the ungodly through Satan's power.

### [What Daniel Predicted Regarding the Persecution of Antichrist, the Judgment of God, and the Kingdom of the Saints](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiii)

The persecutor who will assail the Church before the last judgment.

### [The Last Judgment and the Prophetic Witness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxx)

Will persecute before Christ's final judgment.

### [Chapter X: The Nature of Hellfire and the Punishment of Spirits](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-x)

Implied in the context of the devil and his angels, though not directly named.

### [Of those who fancy that no men shall be punished eternally](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xvii)

Implied in the discussion of the devil and his angels, though not directly named.

### [What it is to have Christ for a foundation, and who they are to whom salvation as by fire is promised](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxvi)

Mentioned in the context of the end-time tribulation that will test all buildings.

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