After the final judgment, will the earth be annihilated or transformed?

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I’m doing a study on the Church Fathers, and they’re divided on this subject.

Tertullian of Carthage, St. Irenaeus of Lyons, and Antipater of Bostra believed the earth would be annihilated.

St. Augustine of Hippo, Oecumenius of Trikka, Andrew of Caesarea, and Methodius of Olympus believed the earth would be transformed.

Does the CCC teach on this subject? Is there a specific Catholic teaching on the subject. I assume annihilationism is correct…
 
there are these

CCC **1042 **
At the end of time, the Kingdom of God will come in its fullness. After the universal judgment, the righteous will reign for ever with Christ, glorified in body and soul. The universe itself will be renewed: The Church . . . will receive her perfection only in the glory of heaven, when will come the time of the renewal of all things. At that time, together with the human race, the universe itself, which is so closely related to man and which attains its destiny through him, will be perfectly re-established in Christ.

**1046 **
For the cosmos, Revelation affirms the profound common destiny of the material world and man: For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God . . . in hope because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay. . . . We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

**1047 **
The visible universe, then, is itself destined to be transformed, “so that the world itself, restored to its original state, facing no further obstacles, should be at the service of the just,” sharing their glorification in the risen Jesus Christ.

1048
“**We know neither **the moment of the consummation of the earth and of man, nor the way in which the universe will be transformed. The form of this world, distorted by sin, is passing away, and we are taught that God is preparing a new dwelling and a new earth in which righteousness dwells, in which happiness will fill and surpass all the desires of peace arising in the hearts of men.”
 
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