Carl E. Olson (1)

Extraordinary presentation of the Catholic view of the prophecy of the End Times. Olson carefully refutes the various millennialist contentions after pointing out that there is no history of the concept prior to the nineteenth century. It's a new idea, plain and simple. The Catholic vision of the end time is much more hopeful than the millennialists', and presents God as a loving parent who does not look forward to annihilating his children. If the reader is troubled by the modern, desperate interpretation of the End by the TV preachers (and their non-televised cousins), this carefully researched and documented book will provide the rational alternative.… (mehr)