And now you know what withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity already worketh; only that he who now holdeth, do hold, until he be taken out of the way.
2 Thessalonians 2:6-7
Church Fathers and other notable Catholic theologians
point to the Papacy as the Katechon.
Cardinal Manning: The Pope and the AntiChrist
Fr. Herman Kramer in 1956:
Fr. Kramer's interpretation of Apocalypse 12:1-5 appears that it may have been fulfilled in the disputed papal conclave of 1958
The powers of hell seek by all means to destroy the Pope elected in those days,” Fr. Berry predicts.
A true pope would be protected from error.
The False Prophet will probably set himself up in Rome as a sort of antipope during the vacancy of the papal throne.
Restrainer/Withholder = The Papacy/Pope
- Stephen Grieve -
"No merely human champion, agent or agency could live long enough to cover a time period which now stretches out over two thousand years. Except the Papacy."
has been but the fulfillment of prophecy...
"Let us pray that all people of good will shall be delivered from the great deception that is the Vatican II Church. Behold, He had told it to us beforehand."
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