Looking for a book/study guide/interpretation of the Apocalypse of St. John

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Hello everyone, i’m interested in beginning a study on book of Revelation, but I’m having trouble finding a good Catholic study guide/interpretation to help me along. Do any of you have a suggestion:) as to which book(s) would be best for my purposes. I would prefer works by Catholic authors, and books that aren’t too scholarly or “stuffy”. God Bless and thank you.
 
Michael Barber’s “Coming Soon - Unlocking the Book of Revelation”.

Agape Bible Study - Online Study course (25 lessons!) - totally free. There are some other great Bible Studies on this site as well.

Good Luck!!!
 
Here are some resources to help you develop a well-balanced Catholic understanding of the Book of Revelation, biblical prophecy, and eschatology. All of these are HIGHLY recommended:

The Navarre Bible Commentary on the Book of Revelation
The Navarre Bible Commentary on the Major Prophets
The Navarre Bible Commentary on the Minor Prophets
amazon.com/gp/search/ref=br_ss_hs/102-2381711-9848916?platform=gurupa&url=index%3Dblended&keywords=navarre+bible

The End: The Book of Revelation, tape/CD series and Study Guide by Dr. Scott Hahn.
saintjoe.com/more-info.php?product=177&Title=The-End

The Lamb’s Supper, by Dr. Scott Hahn.
amazon.com/gp/product/0385496591/sr=8-1/qid=1148926012/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2381711-9848916?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Rapture: The End Times Fiction that Leaves Truth Behind, by David Curie
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Revelation Revealed, tapes/CD series by Michael Barber
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Coming Soon, a book on this same topic by Michael Barber
amazon.com/Coming-Soon-Unlocking-Revelation-Applying/dp/193101826X

Introduction To Prophecy, CD set by Steve Wood
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I recommend the series by Scott Hahn called “The End”. I have it on tapes and got it quite cheaply on E-bay.
For me, the most important item when studying Revelation is the dating of the book. If you date it, as Scott Hahn does, before 70AD, then certain conclusions can be drawn. If it is dated after John, then other conclusions can be drawn. The Navarre book on Revelation has it dated later. Many scholars do this because of the Jewish writers who use the Apocalyptic style write certain things that apply to the Romans who were oppressing them. Anyway, I would not use the Little Rock series because it does not give enough detail and does not use enough typology to understand the New Testament information that was foretold in the Old Testament.
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Michael Barber uses the late 60’s to date Revelation. It seems to fit the picture better also. The persecutions of Dormitean (?) in the 90’s paled in comparision to the persecutions of Nero in the 60’s.

Michael, it seems, also learned from (or at least he often agrees with) Scott Hahn.
 
Fidelis said:
Keep in mind that Chilton is a Protestant, but his writings have been helpful to Catholics in studying the Book of Revelation, including Dr. Scott Hahn, mentioned above.
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He indeed is a protestan but his book and his explanations are utterly under the church’s views about revelations.
Revelations is not an exoteric or obscure book, but it talk about hope and about the triumph of Christ and the church.

In my opinion he wrote the best book about revelations ever.
 
Jimmy85 is correct that just because someone is a protestant it does not mean that their (name removed by moderator)ut is automatically incorrect. The Little Rock series has as a protestant writer a who gives an OK presentation. My only gripe other than it being a beginner course is the exclusion of things like Mary the New Eve and the references to the Mass in ch 4&5 which Scott Hahn explains so well in his book “The Lamb’s Supper”. The Catholic parts are missed probably because of his beliefs that they are not important.

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mdcpensive1 said:
Jimmy85 is correct that just because someone is a protestant it does not mean that their (name removed by moderator)ut is automatically incorrect…
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I entirely agree, and I specifically did not say or even imply that it was. As I recall, in fact, I was the one that pointed out that “his [Chilton’s] writings have been helpful to Catholics in studying the Book of Revelation, including Dr. Scott Hahn…”

I have numerous favorite Bible study and theology books by Protestant writers. I only point this out because it’s true and is something every Christian should keep in mind when using reference materials. We are all Christians, but there’s no use pretending that there are no differences.

If Protestant’s ever recommend Catholic writers, I’m sure they add similar provisos.🙂
 
A good thing to do is to read through the entire book of revelations. Pick out any event mentioned in the text and try to relate it to modern day events or past events. That is how most people try to interpret the bible, by applying it’s events to what is going on in the world currently or what has happened. You’ll be shocked how much the book of revelations seems to describe our modern times.
 
KittyGabriel said:
A good thing to do is to read through the entire book of revelations. Pick out any event mentioned in the text and try to relate it to modern day events or past events. That is how most people try to interpret the bible, by applying it’s events to what is going on in the world currently or what has happened. You’ll be shocked how much the book of revelations seems to describe our modern times.
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The Apocalypse is about our times- i.e., the entier Church Age, starting with the Cross and extending through the second coming. This is the view the Church ahs held since at least Augustine (~1600 years).

It is not reasonable to try and relate specific items in Apocalypse to specific events today. this is more protestant type dispensationalism. Still, understanding the Apocalypse helps you to understand events of today from the perspectice of God’s plan to reclaim mankind from Satan. This is occuring right now, and the APocalypse explains how. This process is explained very well in Robert Sungenis’ new Study Bible, which I have written a review of: The Apocalypse of St. John.

Mark Wyatt
www.veritas-catholic.blogspot.com
 
jimmy85 said:
This is a good book of St Victorinus a Church Father.

newadvent.org/fathers/0712.htm

catholicismandbibletheology.blog.com/
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Interesting. Victornius was a father who did consider Chiliasm, which the Church teaches today (Pius XII) “cannot be safely taught”. However, one of the notes annotatred to the book states:

"18. It is evident that the fragment which is here preserved, if, indeed, it be the work of Caius Marius Victorinus, surnamed Afer, is full of the corrections of some piousdisciple of St. Augustine who lived much later… "

As Auustine formulated the traditional Catholic view (i.e., Church age amillennialism), it appears that the good points from Victornius were kept, and the incorrect assertions corrected. Many of the early fathers expected a quick recoming of Christ to rule on earth for a literal 1000 years. This is Chiliasm.
 
Well the church fathers didnt know n couldnt be aware of the resources of filologic, historic, antropologic-cultural nor
anythign of the science that are in the modern exegesis of nowadays.
So people should read it keeping that in mind.
On the other hand they have a lot of patristic and traditional knowledge, and they are really good in order to understand better the scriptures.

catholicismandbibletheology.blog.com/
 
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