The Rapture

Course content for July 14, 2019

Please review the following information to prepare for the class:

Audio/Video

What is the Rapture?
Protestant describes 10 reasons and his interpretation of prooftext of why he believes in the Pre-Trib Rapture
https://christinprophecy.org/articles/why-i-believe-in-a-pre-tribulation-rapture/ (Video 8:14 )

Tim Staples answers the question about what Catholics believe about the end of the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdbjfkDuZlU (CA Video 12:06 Min.)


Tim Staples, The Rapture Files
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgEJS0cf9B4 (Audio 1:58:15 Min.)


Text/Articles

What’s the Catholic Position? 

CA Tract (Nov 2017) - The Rapture

"As far as the millennium goes, we tend to agree with Augustine and, derivatively, with the amillennialists. The Catholic position has thus historically been “amillennial” (as has been the majority Christian position in general), though Catholics do not typically use this term. The Church has rejected the premillennial position, sometimes called “millenarianism” (see the Catechism of the Catholic Church 676). In the 1940s the Holy Office judged that premillennialism “cannot safely be taught,” though the Church has not dogmatically defined this issue.

With respect to the rapture, Catholics certainly believe that the event of our gathering together to be with Christ will take place, though they do not generally use the word “rapture” to refer to this event (somewhat ironically, since the term “rapture” is derived from the text of the Latin Vulgate of 1 Thess. 4:17—”we will be caught up,” [Latin: rapiemur])."

A wiki review of prominent rapture teachings may be helpful.

Catholic Answers (CA) Magazine (Dec 2018)
Karlo Broussard
Answering the Rapture Challenge
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/answering-the-rapture-challenge


CA Magazine (Aug 2017)
Tim Staples
How to Read the Rapture Versus
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/how-to-read-the-rapture-verses

EWTN
Colin B Donovan STL
https://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/endtimes.htm


National Catholic Register (NCR) (Feb 2019)
Joseph Pronechen
Fulton Sheen's Clear Warning About the Anti-Christ
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/joseph-pronechen/fulton-sheens-view-of-the-anti-christ

NCR (April 2018)
Kathy Schiffer blog post
Apocalypse on April 23? What the Catholic Church Teaches about the Rapture
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/kschiffer/apocalypse-on-april-23-what-the-catholic-church-teaches-about-the-rapture