What will the Antichrist look like? According to Western thought, an authoritarian king – or the pope

By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland

The US presidency and the papacy came together on May 3 when Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photograph of himself dressed as the pope to Truth Social. The image was then shared by the White House’s accounts.

Seated in an ornate (Mar-a-Lago-style) golden chair, he was wearing a white cassock and a bishop’s hat, with his right forefinger raised.

Trump has since told…

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