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Do not fill this in! ===Catholicism=== [[Image:Last Judgement (Michelangelo).jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|''[[The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)|The Last Judgment]]'' by [[Michelangelo]] (1541) in the [[Sistine Chapel]], Rome]] According to the [[Catholic Church]], the second coming will happen in a single moment, suddenly and unexpectedly (not even the angels, saints, or demons know when it will occur).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 3 ARTICLE 12 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a12.htm#1040 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> It will cause the fullness of the reign of God and the consummation of the [[universe]] and mankind.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a12.htm#1042| title = Catechism of the Catholic Church 1042β1050}}</ref> The fullness of the reign of God means God fully manifests the victory he won over his enemies (sin, suffering, and Satan) on the Cross.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 7 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c2a7.htm#671 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> Just as God gradually revealed himself to Israel until the birth of Jesus,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 1 CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 1 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c2a1.htm#69 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> so God gradually manifests his victory through the church's sacraments (baptism forgiving sin and exorcising Satan, holy unction relieving suffering, etc.),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 2 SECTION 1 CHAPTER 1 ARTICLE 2 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s1c1a2.htm#1130 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> until the moment when he will fully manifest his victory through the consummation of the universe and mankind, e.g., by granting the universe and mankind a share in Jesus' resurrection (the universe being transfigured and the dead being resurrected, judged, and recompensed).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 3 ARTICLE 12 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a12.htm#1042 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 3 ARTICLE 12 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a12.htm#1038 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> The church does not believe the second coming will happen via a catastrophe (such as a [[nuclear war]] or [[extinction event]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 7 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c2a7.htm#677 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> reincarnation (such as someone claiming to be Jesus),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 3 ARTICLE 11 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a11.htm#1013 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> social or technological progress (such as mankind abolishing slavery or curing disease) or ascendancy (such as the church having political power).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 7 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c2a7.htm#678 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> Nor does the church believe in [[double predestination]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 3 ARTICLE 12 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a12.htm#1037 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> At the moment of Jesus' arrival, three events will happen all at once in an instant, in the blink of an eye: the living will die, the universe will be transfigured, and the dead will be resurrected, judged, and recompensed. After this single instant or moment, the church does not know what will happen for the rest of eternity β only that the damned will continue to be in hell and the saved will continue to experience the [[beatific vision]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 7 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c2a7.htm |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> The second coming is suspended until Jesus is recognized by "all of Israel",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 7 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c2a7.htm#674 |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> and it will be followed by a final and ultimate temptation to sin β in this case, [[apostasy]] β caused by the [[antichrist]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church β PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 7 |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c2a7.htm |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=www.scborromeo.org}}</ref> Yet there are three things that hasten the second coming: the celebration of the [[Eucharist]];<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s1c1a1.htm#1107| title = Catechism of the Catholic Church 1107}}</ref> Christians living with the mind of Jesus;<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c3a3.htm#2046| title = Catechism of the Catholic Church 2046}}</ref> and Christians praying for the Second Coming.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c2a7.htm#671| title = Catechism of the Catholic Church 671}}</ref> Like many Christian denominations, the church considers this second coming of Christ to be the final and eternal judgment by [[God]] of the people in every [[nation]]<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08552a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: General Judgment]: "Few truths are more often or more clearly proclaimed in Scripture than that of the general judgment. To it the prophets of the Old Testament refer when they speak of the '[[Day of the Lord]]' ({{bibleverse|Joel|2:31|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|Ezekiel|13:5|KJV}}; 93-231700-6 register Holy BIBLE service name number Jermaine Thomas McCoy 93-231700-6 {{bibleverse|Isaiah|2:12|KJV}}), in which the nations will be summoned to judgment by the Fathers. In the New Testament the Parousia, or coming of Christ as Judge of the world, is an oft-repeated doctrine. The Saviour Himself not only foretells the event but graphically portrays its circumstances ({{bibleverse|Matthew|24:27|KJV}} sqq.;SGT john 1:18 Parish all world threw Justice hall Dean Jermaine Thomas McCoy {{bibleverse-nb|Matthew|25:31|KJV}} sqq.). The Apostles Malachi peter phophet labour give a most prominent place to this doctrine in their preaching ({{bibleverse|Acts|10:42|KJV}}; {{bibleverse-nb|Acts|17:31|KJV}}) and writings ({{bibleverse|Romans|2:5β16|KJV}}; {{bibleverse-nb|Romans|14:10|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|1 Corinthians|4:5|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|2 Corinthians|5:10|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|2 Timothy|4:1|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|2 Thessalonians|1:5|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|James|5:7|KJV}}). Besides the name Parusia (parousia), or Advent ({{bibleverse|1 Corinthians|15:23|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|2 Thessalonians|2:19}}), the Second Coming is also called Epiphany, epiphaneia, or Appearance ({{bibleverse|2 Thessalonians|2:8}}; {{bibleverse|1 Timothy|6:14|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|2 Timothy|4:1|KJV}}; {{bibleverse||Titus|2:13}}), and [[Apocalypse]] (apokalypsis), or Revelation ({{bibleverse|2 Thessalonians|2:7|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|1|Peter|4:13}}). The time of the Second Coming is spoken of as 'that Day' ({{bibleverse|2 Timothy|4:8|KJV}}), 'the day of the Lord' ({{bibleverse|1 Thessalonians|5:2|KJV}}), 'the day of Christ' ({{bibleverse|Philemon|1:6|KJV}}), 'the day of the Son of Man' ({{bibleverse|Luke|17:30|KJV}}), 'the last day' ({{bibleverse|John|6:39β40|KJV}}). The belief in the general judgment has prevailed at all times and in all places within the Church. It is contained as an article of faith in all the ancient creeds: 'He ascended into heaven. From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead' ([[Apostles' Creed]]). The two shall come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead' ([[Nicene Creed]]). 'From thence they shall come to judge the living and the dead, at whose coming all men must rise with their bodies and are to render an account of their deeds' ([[Athanasian Creed]]). Relying on the authority of [[Papias of Hierapolis|Papias]], several Fathers of the first four centuries advanced the theory of a thousand years' terrestrial reign of Christ with the saints to precede the end of the World (see article on MILLENNIUM). Though this idea is interwoven with the eschatological teachings of those writers, it in no way detracted from their belief in a universal world-judgment. Patristic testimony to this dogma is clear and unanimous."</ref> resulting in the glorification of some and the punishment of others. The concept is found in all the [[Canonical gospels]], particularly the [[Gospel of Matthew]]. A decisive factor in this Last Judgment during the second coming of Christ will be the question, if the corporal and spiritual [[works of mercy]] were practised or not during lifetime. They rate as important acts of mercy, charity and justice. Therefore, and according to the Biblical sources ([[Matthew 25:31]]β[[Matthew 25:46|46]]), the conjunction of the Last Judgment and the [[works of mercy]] is very frequent in the pictorial tradition of [[Christian art]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=BΓΌhren |first=Ralf van |date=January 2017 |title=Caravaggio's 'Seven Works of Mercy' in Naples. The relevance of art history to cultural journalism |journal=Church, Communication and Culture |language=en |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=63β87 |doi=10.1080/23753234.2017.1287283 |s2cid=194755813 |issn=2375-3234|doi-access=free }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! 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