History according to the Catholic Church

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History according to the Catholic Church is the theological interpretation of humanity's and Israel's past as recorded in the

Christocentric (since Christ is believed to be God and his Word). This article divides Catholic perspectives into two pieces: official interpretations, as presented in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and unofficial interpretations, as presented by certain media
.

Official interpretation

Past

Pre-Creation

Before creation, God predestined

Virgin Mary his mother,[3] the church,[4] each person to enjoy the beatific vision,[5] the universal destination of goods,[6] and all of creation to be renewed.[7] God did not predestine man to die,[8] and "predestines no one to go to hell."[9]

Creation

The world was created in a "state of journeying" to its predestined renewal,

angels,[12] Satan tempts Adam and Eve to sin and fall; but God promises mankind a redeemer.[13] God only permitted the fall of the angels and men to display his power and love.[4] That said, the church interprets the creation accounts in Genesis symbolically.[14]

Salvation history

Salvation history is the history of revelation.[15] God progressively revealed to his people creation,[16] himself[17] and the resurrection.[18] By his promise to Abraham to make him the father of believers, God redirects human history from death to life.[19] By accepting God's promise, Abraham inaugurates the salvation history[19] that will culminate in Jesus.[20] The passover, the exodus from Egypt, the giving of the Torah, and the covenant with his people begin to fulfill God's promise to Abraham.[21] Salvation history includes a number of blessings - the "birth of Isaac, the escape from Egypt (Passover and Exodus), the gift of the promised land, the election of David, the presence of God in the Temple, the purifying exile, and return of a 'small remnant'"[22] - that reveal how, from the beginning to the end of time, God's work is a blessing.[23]

Times of the promises and preparations

The times of the promises and preparations is the time when God promised to send his people a redeemer and prepared his people for said redeemer.

Decalogue.[27]

Fullness of time

The fullness of time is the time of fulfillment of God's promises to and preparations of his people. The

messianic age.[32]

Hour of glory

The hour of glory is the hour of Jesus

Paschal Mystery. The Paschal Mystery is historical, yet transcends time by being made present in the Eucharist.[33][35] The descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost fulfills the Paschal Mystery[36] and inaugurates the age of the church.[37]

Present

Age of the church

The age of the church is the age of the resurrection of Jesus

second coming.[41] The second coming is hastened every time the Eucharist is celebrated,[42] and every time a Christian prays for Jesus to come[43] and lives according to the mind of Jesus.[44] The Assumption of Mary is an anticipation of the future resurrection.[45]

Future

Signs that proceed the second coming

The second coming is suspended until Jesus is recognized by "all of Israel,"[46] and until the church undergoes a final test by the antichrist.[47]

Sign of the antichrist

The antichrist will be the supreme pseudo-messianism that claims to solve everyone's problems at the cost of apostasy. It will cause the final persecution of the church. The antichrist is foreshadowed throughout history by secular messianisms and millenarianism.[48]

Second coming of Jesus

The second coming of Jesus will happen on the last day.[49] It will bring about the resurrection and judgment of mankind.[50] The judgment of mankind will reveal each person's good and evil deeds and will reveal the ultimate meaning of history and creation, how God led everything to its goal, and how God's justice surpasses every injustice and God's love surpasses death.[51]

Unofficial interpretation

Past

Calculation of creation and Christmas

The

Catholics to determine the date of Christmas.[52]

Deicide

Jewish deicide is not accepted by the church. The church teaches that not Jews, but all sinners, are "the authors and the ministers" of Jesus' passion and death.[53]

Present

Chastisement

Certain alleged

private revelations, such as Our Lady of Akita and Our Lady of Medjugorje, claim mankind is undergoing a chastisement for its sins.[54][55]

Six Ages of the World

Augustine of Hippo believed the world is divided into six ages, with the fifth age being the contemporary age and the sixth age beginning at the second coming.[56]

Future

Signs that will proceed the second coming

According to the

Enoch, a number of natural disasters, and a supernatural fire that will renew creation.[57]

Identity of the antichrist

Some

Jew from the tribe of Dan. Thomas Ice argues that the Antichrist will be a gentile.[58]

See also

References

  1. ^ CCC 602
  2. ^ CCC 600
  3. ^ CCC 488
  4. ^ a b CCC 760
  5. ^ CCC 1711
  6. ^ CCC 2452
  7. ^ CCC 1047
  8. ^ CCC 1008
  9. ^ CCC 1037
  10. ^ CCC 302
  11. ^ CCC 288
  12. ^ CCC 392
  13. ^ CCC 410-411
  14. ^ CCC 362
  15. ^ CCC 234
  16. ^ CCC 287
  17. ^ CCC 204
  18. ^ CCC 992
  19. ^ a b CCC 1080
  20. ^ CCC 280
  21. ^ CCC 2574
  22. ^ CCC 1081
  23. ^ CCC 1079
  24. ^ CCC 702
  25. ^ CCC 64
  26. ^ CCC 2595
  27. ^ CCC 2056
  28. ^ CCC 744
  29. ^ CCC 721
  30. ^ CCC 484
  31. ^ CCC 686
  32. ^ CCC 1287
  33. ^ a b CCC 729
  34. ^ CCC 2618
  35. ^ CCC 1085
  36. ^ CCC 731
  37. ^ CCC 1076
  38. ^ CCC 1168
  39. ^ CCC 2819
  40. ^ CCC 567
  41. ^ CCC 1042
  42. ^ CCC 1107
  43. ^ CCC 671
  44. ^ CCC 2046
  45. ^ CCC 966
  46. ^ CCC 674
  47. ^ CCC 675-677
  48. ^ CCC 675-676
  49. ^ CCC 678
  50. ^ CCC 1038
  51. ^ CCC 1039-1040
  52. ^ Catholic Answers: Why is Christmas on December 25?
  53. ^ CCC 597-598
  54. ^ National Catholic Register: Our Lady of Akita, Japan, and Today's Crisis
  55. ^ Dan Lynch Apostolates: Is the Covid-19 Pandemic a Chastisement Prelude to Medjugorje's Ten Secrets?
  56. ^ New Advent: Augustine, On the Catechising of the Uninstructed, chapter 22
  57. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: General Judgment
  58. ^ The Ethnicity of the Antichrist by Thomas Ice
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