There are many (even some deluded Catholics) who believe that the Antichrist - an actual "Man of Sin" - is a superstition. These people are contradicting Sacred Scripture, the Church Fathers and the Catechism of the Catholic Church on this subject.
(345 - 430) Doctor of the ChurchCity of God, Book XX, Chapter 19
For what does he [Paul] mean by "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now holdeth, let him hold until he be taken out of the way: and then shall the wicked be revealed?" [2 Thess 2] I frankly confess I do not know what he means. ... However, it is not absurd to believe that these words of the apostle, "Only he who now holdeth, let him hold until he be taken out of the way," refer to the Roman empire, as if it were said, "Only he who now reigneth, let him reign until he be taken out of the way." "And then shall the wicked be revealed:" no one doubts that this means Antichrist.
Source: http://newadvent.org/fathers/120120.htm
Paul
To deny that antichrist will be an individual man is to call God a liar. The Holy Spirit says that he is the "Man" of Iniquity. The Fathers of the Church all believed in an individual Man of Iniquity.
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