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         475. McGinn, Bernard. "The Abbot and the Doctors: Scholastic Reactions to the Radical Eschatology of Joachim of Fiore." Church History 40, 1971: 31-47.
        Describes the "potent image of a third dispensation" in the work of followers of Joachim of Fiore. (H. Schwartz, 1976, item 601)

        476. ———, ed. and tr., Apocalyptic Spirituality: Treatises and Letters of Lactantius, Adso of Montier-en-Dur, Joachim of Fiore, the Franciscan Spirituals, Savonarola. New York: Paulist Press, The Classics of Western Spirituality. 1979b.
        A history of apocalyptic thought in medieval Europe, with analyses of the work of major contributors to this line of thought and their influence.

        477. ———. "Antichrist." In Encyclopedia of Religion, Mircea Eliade, editor in chief, vol. 1, New York and London: Macmillan, 1987: 321-23.
        The idea of an Antichrist seems to derive "from the interaction of ancient myth with current political situations" such as the persecutions of Antiochus IV and Nero (who was said to be going to be resurrected).

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