If the rapture is in the Bible, why don’t us Catholics really believe in it

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Dlee said:
I always wondered why we talked about Christ’s Second Coming if he was coming at the Rapture and again in the end times.
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Exactly, The popular idea of the rapture makes it seem as though Christ is having a second coming and then a third coming which is certainly not spoken of in the Bible, that is one of many issues with the popular idea of the rapture as gleaned in such popular media as the Left Behind series.

For a better fictional end times read check out:
https://www.amazon.com/Father-Elijah-Apocalypse-Michael-OBrien/dp/0898706904
 
Mat 28:19 does not imply the present day Catholic doctrine of the Trinity because it contains merely a list of three entities; it tells us nothing about the ontological status of each or their relation to one another.
 
Are you a Catholic? The word “Trinity” is not found in scripture, per se, nor are other pertinent doctrines of our faith. Are you disputing due to it not being spelled out as such in Mt. 28:19? Here is our truth as taught in the CCC:

234 The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them. It is the most fundamental and essential teaching in the “hierarchy of the truths of faith”. The whole history of salvation is identical with the history of the way and the means by which the one true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, reveals himself to men “and reconciles and unites with himself those who turn away from sin”.
 
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Doesn’t the Bible say that there will be a resurrection of
First Fruits and the “First Resurrection” in Revelations.
See 1 Cor. 15:20,23 and Rev. 14:4 also Rev. 20:5,6
 
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Jedothek said:
Mat 28:19 does not imply the present day Catholic doctrine of the Trinity because it contains merely a list of three entities; it tells us nothing about the ontological status of each or their relation to one another.
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If you had mentioned the term “ontological status” to St. Matthew, would he have understood what you were saying? I don’t think so. In Matthew’s day, the Christian Church had not yet come into contact with Greek philosophy. In case you’re not familiar with it, I warmly recommend Edwin Hatch’s last book, The Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages Upon the Christian Church.

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