It’s d’Arezzo that we owe modern letter designations in music, for example C sharp major. He reformed musical notation, prescribed a new scheme for the designation of keys and intervals. Here lived the famous medieval musician Guido d’Arezzo. Here is the image of the Antichrist on the wall from an old Italian mural of the 14th century.įrescoes in the Cathedral of Pomposa, the image of the Antichrist is highlighted in red The walls in the cathedral of this monastery were painted by Vitale da Bologna.Įven closer to the wall … Look at the bottom right … Take a closer look. Over time, the monastery turned into a party place for people of art. In northern Italy there is the Pomposa Monastery, which in the 9th century was founded by Benedictine monks. It was during this period that it became possible to show freedom of creativity. And its bold author – Vitale da Bologna – lived a transitional period from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The first image of the Antichrist appeared already in the XIV century. Well, to portray him was generally forbidden. When all sinners – both living and dead – will get what they deserve, the righteous will receive eternal paradise.Ĭhristians were afraid of the Antichrist, so he was like Voldemort in Harry Potter – the one whose name cannot be called. In particular, Calvinist Anthony Hoekema in his book “The Bible and the Future” believes that up to 75% of people will die during the Great Tribulation and this period will last for seven years.Īnd then, all Christians are united in this, there will be the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and the Last Judgment. There was no specifics in the Bible about the Antichrist, so all further assumptions are futurism based on treatises of symbols and various interpretations. This period in the Revelation of John the Theologian is called the Great Tribulation. This is one of the so-called 12 Tribes of Israel – the descendants of the sons of Jacob, who formed the Israeli people.Īntichrist will become an authoritative ruler of people, will arrange persecution of the righteous. In Christian ideology, the Antichrist will appear shortly before the end of the world. The Antichrist, unlike Christ, the Son of God, is not the son of Satan, but a simple man.

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