Are We in the End Times? w/ Ralph Martin
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2023
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Dr. Martin walks through what will happen before the end times based on 2 Thessalonians 2.
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As my old Franciscan novice master used to say: the only end times you need to worry about are your own. And we're all facing our end times.
What does it mean?
Amén, this is why we should always be ready. ❤️
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Alicia I feel the exact same way!!!💜🙏🏼 God bless you sister in Christ!!!
Wow, beautiful few lines 👍🏻❤
It's not about the religion...religion won't save anyone, not your church, your pastors, your bishops, the pope, the priests, your good works, BUT by Jesus Christ alone....
@@VinNord We know very well the Lord Jesus saves, and only He. Tell us something we don't know. We also know He founded a Church (gospel of St Mathew) not churches, A Church. Cheers.
God bless you🙏
Not every catholic church follows the German bischops, there are pockets of churches who faithfully follow Our Lord. Not all German bishops agree with the others either...Pray for us...
Are you German?
The Catholic Church in Germany consists mainly of apostates and they preach the same as the Unitarian Universalists but using a more Christian language. The problem lies deeper: The Catholic Church markets her unity as a proof for her truth. But that unity between neoorthodox and liberal Catholics is an illusion for liberal Catholics are not even Christians. If Pope Francis will not act, the German church will fall completely into heresy.
In Germany, there are 85% of bishops liberal promoting homosexuality.
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I feel like the Holy Father is exposing an evil that had been hiding in the shadows. The faithful in Germany now have to be stronger and stand for truth. Light and dark will become more obvious. It’s all purification. In what appears a heavy blow may actually be a blessing. His is purifying us.
4:10 PLEASE DON'T add in dramatic music to these clips. I just want to listen to the discussion. Let the drama of the truth being discussed carry its own weight.
or at the very least turn it down. You can barely hear the discussion.
@@aldo_0032 They really don't need to innovate with their format or how they upload their clips (in my opinion). I guess turning down the volume is an OK compromise if this is the direction they really want to go, but I'd rather just cut the music out entirely.
agree 100%. It's completely distracting & Unnecessary.
@@SteubenThursday I appreciate the willingness to try new things. In terms of adding music, I'd abstain from it. Stitched-in related clips that add to the discussion are good, like at 2:05.
Yes, PLEASE drop the music -- it's really hard (maybe just for us oldies) to hear the discussion.
“Therefore keep watch
, because you do not know the day or the hour.” I had a great Catholic priest teacher who said “If you are picking weeds in your garden and someone comes walking down the street crying ‘THE END IS NIGH!’Just keep picking weeds.”
Hahaha, "think of Canada." "I try not to." As a Canadian, I appreciated that comment!
Guess I should have read the comments before I commented lol (see above). Looks like others noticed that one too. Maybe it's just because I've only been Catholic for just over a year-ish (officially anyway), but I have to say that little remark at 5:02 smarted a bit for me as a Canadian. We need Catholics in other nations to think of Canada and pray for us. The Church here is in a battle just as anywhere else on the globe, and the larger narrative in the media about the increasing liberalism and apostasy doesn't detract from the fact that the invisible Church and the Catholics who, as Ralph said, "know the voice of the true Jesus Christ," continue to wage that battle fiercely and daily. Please don't hear a rebuke here, simply a comment about how I heard Matt's remark and my initial response. Blessings to you.
Quebec, once a bastion of Catholicism, has now become one of the most secular, non-religious states or provinces in North America
Matt, Thursday & PWA team, I'm appreciating the editing effort being put into these more recent clip videos (stitching in, mixing background audio, etc.). It's not unnoticed! Keep up the good work.
Ha just came here to say I couldn't focus on the clip bc the music was too loud 😅maybe it was just me.
@@stephaniecarrico651 same! Mr. Martin is too soft spoken for this loud music.
@@stephaniecarrico651 I totally agree. Music is too loud.
No need for the editing tricks, they're distracting.
I think the music is a little much and unnecessary honestly. Would be better without it imo.
I’m in England and I can confirm. - since I said it myself only the other day - that the Catholic Church definitely is becoming increasingly Anglican.
And just like the Anglican Church, it will go into schism. The faithful will be small in number and will join forces with the faithful of the Orthodox and Protestants while the fraudulent “Catholics” will join forces with the unfaithful Orthodox and Protestants.
But so is the orthodox church regarding divorce. Houston, we have a mess.
Trust the Holy Spirit. We’ve survived massive and popular heresy before. There will be a small core of faithful who will then grow. All through history this has happened. But God prevails.
Dear Matt, I’m Francisco from Portugal. Keep the good fight. I will pray for you and your family. Thank you for the good job!
My (great)grandparents thought it was the end of times during WW2 when they experienced Nazi persecution. Won't get worse than that.
I fear it can get even worse than that. Which is terrible. But Christ is true even (maybe especially) in the darkness. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it. But I think we will go even darker
I keep my eyes open for “signs of the times” but try to focus more on whether I’m ready to meet God face to face TODAY. After all, even if Christ’s 2nd coming is next week, I have no guarantee I’ll live to see it. In a way, our “end times” are a perpetual now.
he is not wrong. These times call for full awareness and faith i am grateful for conversations like this. Thank you
Ralph Martin sounds rather protestant in his approach. (discerning right from wrong instead of submitting to church authority)
I think Matt is having a conversion to a deeper level of the faith. I’m just getting that sense over the last little while. He has been a blessing for a long time. I appreciate this increased depth. Roll up your sleeves, here we go!
The music editing gave me goosebumps. Glad to see production touches like that on these clips!
Every day is the 'End Time' for someone. That's where the focus should be.
Scary in some ways, but if we know Jesus and His voice, trust that we’ll be okay!!!
Amen!!! 💯🙌❤️🙏
the music makes it hard to hear the dialogue
This was a very good response to the question. I find it comforting. We were made for these times.
Amazing, as always!!! Thanks be to God for two of the people I admire most!! 🛐
When discussing the Great Apostasy around 5:02, Matt, when Ralph was pointing out places that used to be Catholic and have walked away, he said, "think of Canada," and you said quietly that you try not to. I'm a Canadian and chose to become Catholic in the midst of the first Covid lockdowns, and I need to gently (but perhaps a bit sternly) ask you to please think of us, and ask your viewers to think of us and pray for us. So many Canadian Catholics likely watch Pints with Aquinas, find freedom through STRIVE21, and seek the eternal continuation of Conservative Catholic values. I chose to become Catholic because the Church of Rome seems to be the only one that has the WHOLE truth, and the only one OFFICIALLY keeping its values intact, despite the fact that some deep cracks in some of the clergy's theological and philosophical solidity can be detected (including perhaps even the Holy Father's). I know it was maybe just a bit of a flip response on your part, but it hurt a little, and so I'll ask for you and your viewership to consider Canada and pray for her and the Church within her borders. We need your prayers as desperately as the Church in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. And I will pray for you as well, brother. Bless you for all you do to advance the faith and herald the coming Kingdom.
15% weekly mass attendance in Ontario, sad. Canada, like many nations (France) is guilty of apostasy.
I will absolutely be praying for all of you. A whole half of my family is Canadian and continues to hold on to the faith. As long as there are faithful laity and priests (Fr. Mark Goring and his order are a good example) there is hope. God Bless you brother!
Catholics are wrong bro
I just converted this year from “born again” Christian to the Roman Catholic Church for all the reasons in your comment and I have all the same fears.
@@jacobmatthew23lol… I’m going to reconvert then bro. Good lookin up
Marvelous exposition from brother Martín, congratulations 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Yes we are coming closer to the end! Jesus is coming soon. Jesus! I PRAISE you! Even as I’m struggling providing for my children. I will keep faith. I won’t allow the devil to manipulate my spirit. Please pray for me. Since covid I can’t seem to get back on my feet. I lost my job for declining the vaccine. I declined due to my health conditions. I suffer from lupus, and heart disease. I’m now waitressing and so thankful to be working but I’m not making nearly enough to get by. I have two beautiful boys both are autistic. I’m overwhelmed because they require so much from me. I recently started homeschooling them because they were having so many issues with bullying. I feel so alone. It’s only because of the kindness of strangers I still have a place to call home. I’m fearful because every month is a struggle to not end up on the streets with my boys. Jesus hear my cries I’m so tired of not being able to afford simple things like food and clothes for my children. I will keep faith I believe in Jesus and I know he will provide. Amen! ❤
Do you live in Maryland by any chance?
Excellent. Thank you.
Matt, I would love to see you get deep into the scriptures like Ralph described. (currently working on that myself)
I love these conversations
I was an Episcopalian. I converted to the Catholic fairh. God either is or He isn't. Jesus is my Lord or He isn't. I know that my job as a Christian is to defend life. I know that it is my job to defend the Truth. One truth is that men are not women and women are not men. Prayer, Meditation and paying attention to what is written in the Bible is most important. There are 10 Commandments. God bless this site.
Keep doing and bring more ppl to Christ
Yes we are all in the end times! We all get to meet our maker in less than 80 years give or take
Excellent.
We need true faith and deep courage.
Consider this…one of the arguments we Catholics have used against non-Catholics is that they want to be their own pope. They want to decide what is the truth, and what is not…are we now in the same position?
Good short video.. Sr. Martin Made a lot of sense in this video.. He didn't sugar code anything. 👍🏻☝🏻🫡🙌🏻🫶🏻👌🏼🕊🍞🍷✝️⛪️📖
Ralph Martin is a very holy man. When Ralph Martin speaks openly about the state of the current Church like this then alarm bells better be going off in your head.
The ad at the end 😂😂😂😂 very anticlimactic Thursday veeeery anticlimactic
The servent in the house must be ready for the return of the master, lest he get caught sleeping.
I really like the touch of adding the clip from the Jesuitical podcast
Ralph sounds like a protestant. At 1:00 he says that we're going to have to decide who we can trust and who we can believe and who we can follow. Essentially, he's saying that we all have to become our own pope. We don't have to decide anything of the sort. The Holy Spirit has always protected, is protecting, and will always protect and guide the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. All we have to do is to follow the Church founded on St. Peter by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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“The man of lawlessness” sometimes sounds like a general shift in the state of being for the common man than it is any individual
yes, there's always been lawless men, but it's more widespread now.
@Anthony Hulse I am skeptical of the idea that our society is more lawless than, say, the American West during the 19th century or the East End of London during the 19th and early 20th centuries, just to name a couple.
We might be seeing more lawlessness in our local areas now than we have during our lifetimes in our own, but that doesn't make it uniquely bad. For that matter, I'm not even seeing any noticeable increase in lawlessness where I live, though I hear about it in places like New York City and San Francisco.
The easy Biblical answer is: it isn’t our business. Only God the Father knows the exact timing of the end. We aren’t supposed to obsess over the times. We are supposed to spread the Gospel to the ends of the Earth. If you want the end to come faster, share Jesus with someone today.
I am simply yours lord Jesus Christ ❤️🙏
I love your videos, Matt! Love your guests. But the music was a bit distracting.
Regarding the unrestraining of evil. It seems to have been happening for a while now, especially since the middle of the previous century, but there has been a profound change I think since just before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Every generation seems to think we are in the end times. People during WWII probably thought the same thing.
Hmm, I know what you mean and I sort of agree! However, there's a niggling in the back of my mind about the great apostasy. I'm at the half century mark in my life and the fall I've witnessed here in Ireland has been unbelievable, truly unbelievable. We were the first country in the world to actually vote in Abortion and that was just after Gay marriage. Now, we on the great trans train. My beautiful Country is unrecognisable..
Revelations is a cycle.
@@kingofceltsGod commits abortions without consent if the wife has been unfaithfull to her husband, numbers 5:27-28
Yes but some generation is going to be right.
@@MonicaMoraal That's a gross misunderstanding of Scripture at best, at worst it's an intentional manipulation of the Word of God in order to justify the evil of abortion.
That said, even if it were true that God "commits" abortion, He is God! He has the authority to decide when someone lives & dies, as humans we do not unless it's in self-defense or defense of someone else - and an abortion is NEVER in self-defense or defense of someone else because that baby is an innocent party that had no part in any crime at all.
A good book on the end times is Lord of the world by Robert Hugh benson, I highly recommend it
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Return to authentic true tradition. Mv
No music, please.
I affirm this word from Dr Martin. There is no doubt that the Church is splitting between those who are the faithful remnant and anti-church and anti-Gospel, creating their own Golden Calf. We know what happens after that.
i think every generation since Jesus has thought this is it
But our generation is seeing it backed up by data and demographics. 😕
a powerful point but playing epic music during a video to highlight the words of a speaker is a big pet peeve of mine
Please no music. I stopped watching because it was so distracting. The show stands alone brilliantly. The bells, whistles, and music are not needed.
Agreed. I couldn't concentrate on what they were saying.
I thought it was great. I hope they keep it.
It’s only distracting if you allow it to be. What if our country falls to communism and they try to brainwash you? Be strong and learn to focus. God bless you. Deo gratias.
For the editor: The interspersing of relevant images and video clips could work, but I would definitely nix the background music. It's completely unnecessary and takes away from the conversational vibe that I've come to love from PWA.
So they got the gift of Tranfiguration. All of them. They were eating in a village outside Jerusalem and nobody knew in which house. :)) Amazing story. Great warriors. Absolutely great.
I think Mr Martin's analysis is very Western centered. Just because the US is going through a rough time politically and socially, and the Church is having problems in the West generally, doesn't mean that we're in the end times. The Church is flourishing in big parts of Africa and Asia for example, and the kind of depravity we can observe in the West is not prevalent in other areas of the world. Jesus did the unexpected at every turn, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if the time of His return will play out the same way.
Every day we come closer to the end. All we can do is practice faith and obedience in the face of adversity.
But event X happening now doesn’t mean the end times any more than past events (some of them worse than what we ever experienced) are signs of it. Our Lord said nobody can know the day. So, when we are aware of our own failings, that is the time to repent. When we are aware of others failings, let us practice charity in response, remembering Our Lord’s words about beams and splinters.
Amen!
Concern about the "end times" profits us nothing in terms of our faith. There is nothing that the knowledge of coming "end times" would change in regard to how we should live our faith lives. Meanwhile, becoming overly anxious of the matter might actually cause our faith lives to suffer.
God help us. Remove these false bishops and cardinals from your church keep us safe from Satan's plans.
This is why we need to take care of the liturgy. In the Anglican church people divide into parishes based on the form of liturgy they prefer - unlike Catholic church the 'high' church tends towards liberal and the evangelical towards conservative. I don't like to even use these words, but I believe it's essential that we celebrate all forms of liturgy in a single parish. And keep dialogue and praying with one another going. It also concerns me that social media is a divisive force where theological / pastoral discourse disintegrates into a place where differences are emphasised . For sure there are important issues at stake but thank God, in England at the moment our parishes are holding together and I don't see what seems (on the basis of these kinds of programmes) to be happening in the US.
0:38 Can anyone tell me the name (and artist) of this painting.... it's beautiful
As an Orthodox Christian, I pray daily for the restored unity of the See of Peter with Holy Orthodoxy.
“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains. Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. And at that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will deceive many. And because lawlessness is multiplied, most people’s love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:7-14 LSB)
When our blessed Lord called us sinners, we went away changed, not our Lord.!
How do we save our children from choosing a homosexual lifestyle when Church leaders don’t back that up? I can only pray and sacrifice and leave it in Jesus’s hands. The amount of sadness we faithful feel is sometimes too much. We have to suffer it for Jesus though.
Honestly, homosexuality isn't the worst thing anymore. Imagine the state taking your children away from you, pumping them full of hormones, making them sterile and chopping up their private parts and then brainwash them to hate you and God.
Oh, you don't have to imagine it, it's already happening in some places.
Maybe don't be an overbearing mother and coddle your kids until they're 25
Kindly said, I think it's a good idea to add backgroud music. Please keep in mind, however, to have the background music low, because it took away my attention from the vital speech by Ralph Martin.
May God bless you all!
Doesn't this indicate there's something to be said for "low-church" Christianity? These days it is the bureaucracy that seems to be getting in the way, as the high-church strains turn down paths I find myself unable to follow. As a US Protestant, I'm highly conscious of the deficits of my own tradition. I'm quite sympathetic towards Catholicism, I love the mass, and have thought of converting, but so few of my Catholic friends know their Bibles. The real dangers of Protestant fundamentalism aside, it is really a spectacular achievement of Protestantism to get Bibles available for anyone to read. Scripture is plain on the important things. We must believe this. It is my hope that we are moving towards greater ecumenicism to stand strong against the evil one. Really appreciate this channel and its content.
You don’t convert or decide your fate on your friends’ deficient of faith or character. You enhance yours and bring them with you. Join the faith and join a layman order to help teach the Catholic truths to others from the Bible. God be with you.
You are in the end times but not the one you think. It’s called your own personal apocalypse and it’s return is eminent. Life is short and it is shorter than you think.
Don't trust, pray and we'll be okay.
The editing here was confusing. I kept looking for an open tab to see where the music was coming from, it was hard to listen to what was being said. Also, was there a different video in the middle of the video? It didn't feel integrated to the main video. I appreciate the effort, hopefully it'll get better.
That was interesting, but the music was distracting. I checked to see if something was playing on my computer but realized it was you.
I wonder if another requirement that would need to bet met before the end times is union between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church? Or, at the very least we would come to the others' aid if needed.
When cardinal McElroy is the bishop at your diocese ….
POPE BENEDICT XVI: Jesus “does not describe the end of the world, and when he uses apocalyptic images, he is not acting the prophet. On the contrary, he wants to stop his disciples of every epoch from being curious over dates and forecasts, and wants to give them the key to... the right road to walk today and tomorrow to enter into eternal life.”
While Catholics believe the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and that it is true, one cannot take individual biblical quotes or passages and say each one is literally true.”
Ralph..".i mean think of Canada "
Matt..."oh,I try not to"
Aahaahaha funny but true
“God keep our land, glorious and free.”
Not a Catholic, but amen
What would the great apostasy look like, where infallible magisterial teachings are contradicted and new beliefs, under the guise of “development of doctrine”, are disseminated?
Clip’s still powerful without the added music 👍
I’m afraid lawlessness could go much further than now. History has horrifying examples.
But there is definitely a turning away from Christ happening on an almost global scale.
We are the salt of the Earth. But what happens when salt loses its saltiness?
I am a Canadian Roman Catholic. I am deeply disturbed by the comments at the 5 min mark. Are you both saying that the Roman Catholic Church is apostate in Canada? And, if you believe that, then " I try not to" (think of Canada) is a generalization which I find hurtful to this part of the Body of Christ. We are struggling each and every day to shine our Light to the world. Pray with us as brethren, yes, even to point out where we may be falling. But do it as Our Lord and Saviour did it for all.
Respectfully, and with love, Patrick
Come on hypersensitive, of course the Church in Canada in a large part is in Apostasy. Stand firm!
God help us.
Ok, i do agree with Catholics Morals but Salvation if a Gift from God!
You must receive the gift God has made for us!
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I’m not trying to start a fight, but I’m pretty sure you just made the case for Orthodox ecclesiology and against the absolute necessity of Rome’s inerrancy. “Anti-church” and “anti-Pope” seems like the theological get out of jail free card for when the inerrant church…is in error. 🤷♂️ and Matt’s a smart guy, he knows this and can see the move. He was asking the right questions.
What do you mean by this? As the Pope being an ineffectual leader or something else?
Christ built His Church upon St Peter, not schismatics.
This isn't just 2023, it's the 2023rd year of our Lord. Act like it. All the time.
Also: nice edit.
I find that the further our world descends into evil and madness, the stronger my faith in God becomes. I don't understand how you can lose faith in God while the rest of the world proves you can't put any faith in it. Thar being said, i still struggle with sin on a daily basis and pray I can overcome it.
Serious question: why can’t the pope excommunicate the German bishops and appoint new bishops who are not schismatic? Why can’t he excommunicate McElroy for rejecting Church teaching and appoint a faithful bishop? Why do we have to accept the schisms that weaken the faith of those who believe?
There will be an intervention, all right.
I would like to know the opinion of Ralph Martin on Benedict being that restraint? that`s what I´ve heard an historian to tell. Other say it is the mass, the holy sacrifice...
Canada 😢 😢
We must know our faith & adhere to it. We may not be able to trust our bishops. We’ll need to follow the teaching of the Church because the bishops will not live the faith. As in the days of Jesus when He said to do as the Pharisees taught from the “seat of Moses”, but not as they lived because they were hypocrites.
Whether we are in the end times or not we are in our end times, each of us is mortal and sinful and we should worry about that instead of the end of the world. People have been trying to predict the end of the world for hundreds of years. Also every heretical group in history has had an “ends times” apocalyptic angle to it. Just something to think about.
When things start accelerating we need to have the eyes to see what’s going on around us and to warn those in our lives.
Please drop the music
VIVA CRISTO REY !!!
Did anyone notice at 1:47 the really weird looking cosier that they bishop had? looks like spikes and horns. My bishop has a similar cosier, and it just look wrong. Like one of the churches that tries to deliberately look modern.
End times shouldn’t be scary, it should vindicate us.
The music was really distracting
I'm curious to hear from Catholics as to what their views are on Malachi Martins claims that a sinister sect has infiltrated it's ranks. Do many take his claims seriously? Thanks :)
O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada! Where pines and maples grow.
Great prairies spread and lordly rivers flow.
How dear to us thy broad domain,
From East to Western Sea,
Thou land of hope for all who toil!
Thou True North, strong and free!
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada! Beneath thy shining skies
May stalwart sons and gentle maidens rise,
To keep thee steadfast through the years
From East to Western Sea,
Our own beloved native land!
Our True North, strong and free!
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Ruler supreme, who hearest humble prayer,
Hold our dominion within thy loving care;
Help us to find, O God, in thee
A lasting, rich reward,
As waiting for the Better Day,
We ever stand on guard.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Us Canadians should sing the fourth verse more often. Maybe that would be a catalyst in saving the nation.
I do think that the including video clips in the editing is very good! but i would stop using dramatic music or even any music(espacialy when the guest is trying to explain something meaningfull) since i think it is driving people emotionnaly instead of intellectualy. I know it's well intended since most of the subject are really dramatic and important. But it orient the listener to feel a certain way wich is not good for making your own conscience or perception of the subject ! That being said. Best channel on youtube !!
The drama music is too loud. :) Have to reallly focus on what your guest says in order to hear him.
Please turn it down a bit next time. Thanks !
Matt - I am troubled by this interpretation of 1 Thess 2. First of all, it hinges on a futurist interpretation right out of Protestant dispensationalism, a modern innovation. There are plenty of preterist interpretations in the history of the Catholic Church. These interpretations could not abide a future fulfillment of 1 Thess 2 (it refers to the apostasy at the time of to the 1st century Jewish War according to this view), but neither can I personally easily accept that the Catholic Church would fail in this way. You see how it hinges on eschatology, a subject which has quite a variety of views in Catholicism.
But I have noted that this “final apostasy” interpretation is also in the Catechism. Yet the Catechism also was recently arbitrarily changed to denounce capital punishment. I do not expect the Magisterium to conform to my expectations. However, how exactly are we supposed to regard the Catechism itself, given the various editions? We just stick to the latest one and that’s that, regardless of how its details vary from edition to edition?
Thanks for your excellent work.
Since 2000 yrs, we are at rhe End Times.