The Church does not predict the future – you’re talking about a heresy called Milliarianism, where people go into books like Revelation (not Revelations) and try to devine the future.
I wouldn’t throw around the charge of heresy so lightly. It was a simple question and it has a simple answer:
You’re making my point for me – the Church does not use Revelation or any other book to divine the future, and rejects such efforts. From the Catechism:
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The Antichrist’s deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgment. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism,577 especially the “intrinsically perverse” political form of a secular messianism.578I never viewed this as a heresy, exellent point. It realy is an attempt to devine the future with all of this speculation about the end. It seems to cause quite a bit of paranoia out there.
The viewpoint itself is a heresy, but it sounded like you were accusing unstresst of that heresy simply for asking the question.
Where in this quote did I accuse anyone of heresy?
That was simply the impression I got when I first read your post. It obviously wasn’t your intent, so I apologize for misunderstanding.
The Church is very cautious in reading actual predictions into Revelation.
This should be another thread. Thanks and God Bless.
Yep. As rational an answer here as you can get. Simple question, direct answer. I like that!
cs lewis has some insight!