How many Catholics read the Book of Revelation?

Question

Maybe the Catholic church doesn't invite to the reading of the Revelation in order to put its adherents against the wish of the Lord Jesus Christ?
Revelation 1:3 “Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.”

I am not saying that the Catholic church forbids the reading of this book or that dissuades it, but it looks like many Catholics have not read it, maybe because the Catholic church doesn't have the interest to divulge its content. This also explains why "Even some priests (Giovanni Crisostomo, Gregorio Nazianzeno) considered the Book of Revelation noncanonical, that is apocryphal. Also at the beginning of the Reform (1537) there were some doubts regarding its canonicity: however, from the XVII century, in the Protestant editions it has been inserted again among the books of the N.T.. For the Catholics the matter of the canonicity has definitely been resolved by the Council of Trento (April 8 th 1545). "

Answer 1

You have only read that part of the Holy Bible. You have to read the whole Bible (at least half of it's books) before asking questions and pointing fingers to others.

Read that passage again and mediate.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Catholic Book Of Revelation

Answer 4

I don't understand what you are trying to say. Why do you believe Catholics do not read it? Why do you care? Anyway, I am Catholic and not only have I read it, I have taken an entire College class on it at the Catholic University I attended.

- It is all encoded and it NOT to be taken literally. Every generation was SURE they were near the end. It is meant as a warning and a lesson, not a direct depiction of events. Also many of the references in it are directly tied to predictions and prophecies of the Old Testament. And it has been understood that the measurements of days and times are used to prove a point not to be an exact measure. So if something should happen in 42 months, that is a relatively long time compared to something that will happen in 10 days, but it does not mean that literally. If that were the case the men and women of the Old Testament would have been quite old. In Genesis 23:1 it says Sarah was 127 when she died. It is scientifically know that people did not live that long then. It is only in recent years that many people are surviving past 100. It is just meant to say she was very old when she died, but having a real number makes the story more impactful. In Genesis 11:14 you will find a description of many people who lived to be in their 400s. Obviously this is not intended to be accurate about their REAL age.
Revelation is written in a very similar way - it is all symbolism, a way of waking up the people of the time to pay attention to what they were doing and to try to get them to act the way God wanted them too.



** the US government seems to be doing the same thing lately - have you seen the commercials telling us how Al Qaeda wants to kill us and they are out to get us and we should be afraid. - all an attempt for us to further fund the efforts in Iraq - it's pure propaganda**

-Yes, I'm saying the Bible is a propaganda tool, but I'm also saying ti has a GOOD lesson, and should be respected for what it is.

Answer 5

Rev 1:3 ..."because the time is near." That was written well over a thousand years ago. How near was the time really? Maybe the Catholic Church doesn't encourage people reading it because they'll take one look at that line and go oh this is bullshit then leave the religion altogether. Seriously though, the Catholic Church put that book in there, they all read it. They just don't market it like some other Christian groups do.

Answer 6

The catholic Church does not prohibit the reading of the Book of revelation. Parts of the Book of Revelation are used in readings at daily and Sunday Mass.

I do not think the catholic Church puts a great deal of emphasis on this book of the Bible as much as some non-denominational Christian groups who are obsessed with the end times. Maybe the Catholic Church feels that the messages of love your God and love your neighbor in the Gospel are more important.

Answer 7

Catholics read Revelation, but it is others who impress upon the holy writ their own often ridiculous and totally unfounded interpretations.

Catholics know that "The Apocalypse of St. John" contains symbols and prophecies from many of the other biblical texts, some of which have already been fulfilled, some yet to come.

Furthermore, since St. John had disciples in his day, particularly Ignatius and later, Polycarp, who treasured his teachings and spread them far and wide, we Catholics still have access to much of his first hand knowledge, which explains much of what the great book of Revelation truly means.

Modern day Protestants, who limit themselves to the words of scripture alone, can only speculate on these things, and more often than not, get it totally wrong.

One can only successfully be blessed by reading Revelation if one reads it with true understanding, which is also absolutely necessary if it is to be taken to heart.

Outside the context of God's one, true Church, it's not likely that anyone can do it.

Finally, explain for me exactly how the time was near then, if it's also near 2,000 years later!

Answer 8

The Catholic Church proclaims the entire bible in its Sunday service in a cycle of readings designed to have read the entire bible over three years, including holy days. So Catholics who attend the Mass will eventually hear the book of Revelations as well as all the other ones as well.

Answer 9

There's more to the Bible than the Book of Revelation. Perhaps the reason these Catholics you are refering to have not yet read the Book of Revelation is because they are busy reading other books in the Bible.

It's true that not all Catholics are avid Bible readers but, you're foolish to assume no Catholics read the Bible simply because some don't.

It seems to me you are just another non-Catholic Christian suffering from the misinformation that Catholicism does not respect the Bible as much as other Christians do. BIG MISTAKE.

Answer 10

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