this divine truth and is determined to preach this doctrine. Views on the Antichrist Confessional Lutherans, including the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and the Church of the Lutheran Confession officially maintain that the Early apostolic Church had been led into the Great Apostasy by the Roman Catholic Church and that the Pope is the Antichrist; the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod affirms that "Antichrist" refers to the office, and not to the person, while the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod states that the reference is to the office, but not to the exclusion of the current office holder: See also Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (UAC) Lutheran Confessional Synod Lutheran Orthodoxy References External links The Book of Concord, a collection of Lutheran confessions, 1580 This We Believe, a confession of faith by Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod The Eternal Word: A Lutheran Confession for the Twenty-First Century (Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference): Article I: Holy Scripture Article II: Justification Article III: The Holy Spirit Article IV: The Person and Work of Christ Article V: Eschatology - Doctrine of the Last Things Article VI: The Church's Mission Lutheran theology Christian theological movements