Catholic End Times ...What does the Cardinal mean?

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hmikell7 said:
Sorry to have to ask, but I thought predestination wasn’t something that was in line with Church teaching? Isn’t that a very serious heresy? (I’m not trying to be snarky, honestly just curious)
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The Church defines/teaches “predestination” that is different from what some Protestant sects teach as “predestination”. IN Catholicism, “predestination” means that G_D has “predestined” all of us for heaven. If G_D is the archer and we are the arrows, ever arrow shot by the archer is predestined to reach the target. It is our own imperfections, such as our allowing the wind to blow us off target, that prevent us from reaching the target.

To some Protestant sects, predestination means that before G_D has drawn the arrow from the quiver, He has decided which arrows will reach the target and which will fail.
 
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Only He knows those He called to and predestined for salvation
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What you’re saying may be true, but it looks like the person I was responding to was espousing the Protestant version of predestination, based on this passage.
 
RubyT said:
… it was another poster who alluded to the Eucharist holding back the anti-Christ. I have never heard of this, theory, nor have seen it in Church teaching. (But then again I am no scholar).
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This comes from the writings of a number of saints, including the Early Church Fathers. The Eucharist will ALWAYS be celebrated somewhere in the world, even during the chastisement/tribulation. It will, however, be hidden. As the faithful had to be during the French Revolution and (more recently) during the Mexican Cristero War (1926-1929), so will all Christians/Catholics be. The Eucharist – the Living Body of Christ, His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity – will be the sole source of light during those dark times and will be the reason that the Anti-Christ will not completely conquer the world.
 
I do not know. Daniel prophesied that the Antichrist will cause the daily sacrifice to cease. It’s not clear, however, if this refers to the Eucharist, or to Jewish sacrifices in a rebuilt temple (which God has not authorized, but the Jews seek to build anyway because they believe it to be God’s will). It could, perhaps, even refer to both.
 
Daniel’s prophesy was fulfilled by Antiochus Epiphanes, the Syrian king, as described in 1 Macc 41:50. Since the Protestants don’t accept 1 or 2 Macc as canonical, they ignore everything in it, even items of historical interest. For example, 1 Macc 54 describes the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by Daniel.

Because of his actions, Antiochus Epiphanes is considered to be a type of Antichrist.

Personally, I believe that the Temple will be rebuilt for the simple reason that the Temple has always, even today, been a symbol of Jewish identity. All of the Biblical promises referring to the people returning to the land implicitly include a belief that the Temple will be there, for without the Temple the Jewish people are incomplete. It will be rebuilt even if the requirements (ashes from a red heifer, etc.) are not yet completed, so that when the time comes the sacrifices can be immediately re-established.

Again, as personal belief, I believe that after the Temple is constructed but before anyone tries to do animal sacrifices, there will be a mass conversion of the Jews, and the New Temple will become a great cathedral. Imagine a place where the sacrifice of the Mass is offered continuously, hour after hour, from sunrise to sunset.

Could be fun… 🤔
 
But Jesus also said, “When you see the Abomination of Desolation prophesied by Daniel…” What happened once under Antiochus will happen again.
 
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