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Another
favorite rapturite passage also comes from St. Paul:
Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and
the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be
changed (1 Cor 15:51-52). According to
adherents of the rapture theory, this blessed event will
happen secretly and silently — which is why these proof
texts are so puzzling, referring as they do to shouting, the
trumpet of God, and the voice of an archangel (which has to
be loud).
The common rapturite explanation given for this
apparent contradiction is that only those being raptured
will see Jesus, and will hear him shout, the archangel
speak, and the trumpet of God sound. That’s a handy
explanation — except the Bible doesn’t say anything about
it. In fact, the Bible never mentions a rapture distinct
from the Second Coming. So how does the rapturite arrive at
these two different events?
One justification often given is that three different words are used for the Second Coming — parousia, apokalypsis, and epiphaneia. Rapturites claim these refer to different events. The problem is that rapturiton, however, is a so-called “literal” radical dichotomy between Israel and the Church, which necessitates two separate comings of Christ. LaHaye writes that there are “two keys to understanding the prophetic Word of God.
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Court rejects Catholic concerns about new contraception mandate rules EWTN News/CNA)
A U.S. appeals court ruled Friday against Catholic organizations with objections to the Obama administration’s latest opt-out rules for mandated contraceptive and sterilization health insurance coverage.
“To ask a group of priests to cooperate in the government’s plan to expand access to birth control and abortion-inducing drugs is about as contrary to religious freedom as you can get,” Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life, a lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services, said Nov. 14.
He said that if the government is sincere in providing an opt-out mechanism, “it is reasonable for us to insist that we be given a way to opt out that does not itself violate our moral conscience. And whether it violates our conscience is for us to say, not the government.” Fr. Pavone’s comments came in reaction to a ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Francis confirmed Monday that he will travel to Philadelphia next September for the World Meeting of Families, a conference held every three years in a different city to celebrate the importance of family.
Francis' announcement, at an interreligious Vatican conference on traditional family values, ended months of lobbying and speculation.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett and Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput, the conference's organizer, met with Francis at the Vatican and personally invited him to the city in March.
Vatican officials toured the city in May and President Barack Obama, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Congress have extended invitations.
Just last week, more than 10,000 Philadelphia Catholic school children sent handwritten notes encouraging Francis to make the visit.
New York and Washington, but Vatican officials Monday would not confirm those legs of the trip.
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