Did the early church condemn the teaching of the rapture?

[Robert_Karges]

Did the early church condemn the teaching of the rapture?
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[Devon_Caffran]

The following links should assist you in better understanding the Catholic Church’s teaching on the “rapture”. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please [contact Catholic Answers (http://www.catholic.com/home/contact.asp) directly.
**Recommended Reading:
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• The Rapture
• Without the Rapture, what is Revelation about?
• Where does “Left Behind” go wrong?
• False Profit: Money, Prejudice, and Bad Theology in Tim LaHaye’s Left Behind Series
• How do I explain to a Protestant the Rapture is not biblical?

Additional study:

• What Jesus Really Said About The End Of The Worldhttp://shop.catholic.com/books-1/ap...re-heaven-hell-purgatory-and-indulgences.html
• Beginning Apologetics 8: What Catholics Believe about the Second Coming, the Rapture, Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, and Indulgences