Anti-Christ? Benedict

From the book “666, THE NUMBER OF ANTI-CHRIST, IN THE NAMES, GLAD STONE, LATEINOS, TEITAN, ETC.” by James Edward Nelson published in 1883. Discussing “The Beast” mentioned in the Bible as “The Anti-Christ”, Mr. Nelson points out that several individuals contemporary with him have names that numerologically speaking add up to 666. He also mentions that the name Benediktos (or Benedict in English) also works out to 666 numerologically. What follows is taken directly from his book (on page 7). Benediktos, which makes it thus:= 666 

 This was the name of several Popes. (end quote) I also found this interesting assertion in another book which tries to predict future events, relative to Biblical prophecy. The book was written by William J. Reid in 1878. It is entitled: “Lectures On The Revelation”. In it he says this (on page 306): “When will the Papal system come to an end? If it began in the year 752, and if it is to continue for one thousand two hundred and sixty years, then it is to be destroyed in the year 2012.” Is it just a coincidence then that our current Pope’s name (as of this writing) is Benedict (official title is Benedict XVI)? Is this some kind of obscure prophecy? Is something major going to happen? As of this writing the current pope is 84 years old. And there are 9 months left to this year. We will see.

Update (3/22/21)

Nothing happened. In 2013 Benedict stepped down. Pope Francis took over. So... the above info amounted into a big FAT ZERO. So much for prognostication.