Eschatology

[apperkins]

I don’t see a section on these forums for Systematic Theology, specifically eschatology. So I’ll ask it here. What are the eschatological teachings of the catholic church?

 

[Julia_Mae]

newadvent.org/cathen/05528b.htm

Padre Pio had a shorter answer: “Pray, hope and don’t worry.”

 

[Church_Militant]

These links to the relevant parts of the catechism of the Catholic Church should get you well on your way.

Article 7 “FROM THENCE HE WILL COME AGAlN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD”

• I. He Will Come Again in Glory
• II. To Judge the Living and the Dead
• IN BRIEF
• Article 11 “I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY”
• I. Christ’s Resurrection and Ours
• II. Dying in Christ Jesus
• IN BRIEF
• Article 12 “I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING”
• I. The Particular Judgment
• II. Heaven
• III. The Final Purification, or Purgatory
• IV. Hell
• V. The Last Judgment
• VI. Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth
• IN BRIEF
• “Amen”

You might also carefully read the articles at Eschatology from Catholic Answers.

 

[MarcoPolo]

For more, check out Cardinal Ratzinger’s (now Pope Benedict XVI) book, Eschatology.

 

[steve_b]

I don’t see a section on these forums for Systematic Theology, specifically eschatology. So I’ll ask it here. What are the eschatological teachings of the catholic church?

Here is some reading on the subject.
catholic.com/search/content/eschatology