Why doesn't the Catholic Church have a stance on the Book of Revelations

[Gatell]

I pray neither of us are tested that way,

God Bless,

Victor

I certainly see this in reading the Apocolypse (Revelation) myself.
John seemed to me anyway, to be a bit depressed of what he saw in his (for lack of a better word, vision? or insight given by God to the things to come)

If it really was the same John who was at the foot of the cross that wrote it (and we don’t know if it was) I could imagine that he would have realized that suffering was going to be great for those who believed. Stephan, to the person who was most recently a martyr in heaven crying out to God “when?” (when will the “end”/begginig come?)
But unfortunately, not all the martyrs are there yet.
But, I tell myself that if Jesus could die for me, I should be prepared to die also, and not forsake him if God willing I will have the grace to do so as others have. Gulp.
This is scary. But here I am anyway.

 

[Gatell]

The traditional belief about Authorship is that it was written by the Apostle John, after he had been banished to the island of Patmos, under the reign of Domitian during the second persecutions. Under the original traditional authorship belief, it is not entirly possible to tie it singularily down to the first persecutions, but rather All persecutions.

The numerical value is symbolic of anyone who opposses Christ, to the Hebrews 6 is an imperfect number, 3 times means it’s paramountly imperfect. It happens to exceptionally interestingly coincide with Nero’s numerical value, but the authorship tradition of the Church puts it several years after Nero and I am starting to agree with that original tradition.

Perhaps the number is therefore symbolic of the “Roman Emperor”, or anyone else who opposes Christ in a manner such as Nero did. Or who knows, maybe the book was written during Nero’s reign, but the tradition of the church says not so.

Thanks for the clarification, I actually remember the book where I read this; “Why Do Catholics Do That?”, by Kevin Orlin Johnson.

I loved that book, it helped me a lot with co-workers that were Pentecostals and very avid Bible Thumpers. I’ve referred that book to many and even gave a few copies away.

It’s been a while since I look into apologetics, I’m sure things may have changed a bit, historians seem to always be on a slippery slope.

God Bless,

Victor