translate English to German: If we equate the concept of katechon with the apotropaic function involved in any political (and non-political) institution, we are led to conclude that it surpasses and exceeds that of State sovereignty: between the two concepts there lies an insurmountable gap, the same gap that separates the genus from the species, the phrase ‘linguistic animal’ from the phrase ‘university professor’.
Wiederholen wir noch einmal den entscheidenden Punkt. Indem es den Triumph des Antichrist verhindert, verhindert das Katechon zugleich das Erlösungswerk des Messias.