The Four Last Things:








What does the Catholic Church teach on the Last Things?[1]

On the Last Things the Catholic Church teaches as divinely revealed, that:

  1. Man's probation ends with death.
  2. The Particular Judgement follows immediately after death.
  3. The good go to heaven and the wicked go to hell after the Particular Judgement.
  4. Those who are not entirely purified go to purgatory after the Particular Judgement.
  5. This world will come to an end when God wills.
  6. The dead will rise again on the Last Day.
  7. On the Last Day Jesus Christ will come again to judge the living and the dead.
  8. After the General Judgement the elect will enter life eternal, but the reprobate will go into the everlasting torments of hell.
  9. The thought of the Last Things inspires man with the fear of the Lord and the love of God.


[1] The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, by Rev. Peter Geiermann, C.SS.R.
     Tan Books and Publishers, Inc. 1977.



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