Finally, there is a play which was almost certainly performed at Advent[228]. This is the Tegernsee play of _Antichristus_[229]. It is founded upon the prophecy in St. Paul’s second epistle to the Thessalonians of the _homo peccati, filius perditionis_, who shall sit in the temple of God until the Christ shall slay him with the breath of his mouth, and destroy him with the glory of his advent[230]: and it is an elaborate spectacle, requiring for its proper performance a large number of actors and a spacious stage, with a temple of God and seven royal _sedes_, together with room for much marching and counter-marching and warfare[231]. It must have taken up the whole nave of some great church. It begins with a procession of Emperor, Pope, and Kings, accompanied by personages emblematic of _Gentilitas_, _Sinagoga_ and _Ecclesia_ with her attendants _Misericordia_ and _Iustitia_. The first part of the action represents the conquest of the four corners of Christendom by the Emperor and his championship of Jerusalem against the King of Babylon. _Ecclesia_, _Gentilitas_, and _Synagoga_ punctuate the performance with their characteristic chants. Then come the Hypocrites, _sub silentio et specie humilitatis inclinantes circumquaque et captantes favorem laicorum_. They are followed by Antichrist himself, who instructs Hypocrisy and Heresy to prepare the way for his advent. Presently Antichrist is enthroned in the temple and gradually saps the Empire, winning over the King of the Greeks by threats, the King of the Franks by gifts, and the King of the Teutons, who is incorruptible and invincible, by signs and wonders. He marks his vassals on the brow with the first letter of his name. Then the Hypocrites attempt to persuade _Synagoga_ that Antichrist is the Messiah; but are refuted by the prophets Enoch and Elijah. Antichrist has the rebels slain; but while he is throned in state, thunder breaks suddenly over his head, he falls, and _Ecclesia_ comes to her own again with a _Laudem dicite deo nostro_.