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Letter on the Origin and Time of the Antichrist

Adso of Montier-en-Der

Describes a final Frankish emperor, subsequent Antichrist persecution, Enoch and Elijah, and an uncertain interval before judgment. Anti-Jewish claims belong to the medieval author’s polemic.

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Edition and location

Bernard McGinn, Apocalyptic Spirituality, 1979, excerpt reprinted by PBS with permission

Letter body through epilogue; prologue omitted by edition

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