[FourtySeven]

In the meantime, you can use an online version of the Catechism found here: CCC.

Don't worry, it's the same one as found at the Vatican website. In fact, the Vatican website's Catechism is just a copy of this one, without the handy search feature this one offers.

As far as the Church's position on Eschatological beliefs, I believe the Church allows for any Eschatological belief other than the popularized "Pre-Tribulation, Pre-Millennial" (or Post-Millennial although I don't know how that could fit with a Pre-Tribulation viewpoint) belief espoused by LeHaye and others (i.e., the topic of this thread, i.e., the "Rapture"). That is, one is free to believe we are past the Millennium, but not that the Church will be "raptured" before the Tribulation. (Again, I don't know how that would work anyway) IOW, this is why the Church hasn't come out and said which Eschatological belief is "correct".

To your knowledge, am I correct on that bdeaner?

[Constitutions Grandchild]

Thank you. I've saved the site and looked up the return of Christ. It is as I was taught and always believed. I've been having guilt trips for nothing — thinking I had it wrong. My E&R catechists taught me well. Our litany was identical to that of the RCC (except for devotions to Mary). Since my conversion, I have learned to love and devote much of my prayer time to the Mother of God through thanksgiving for her “yes” to God and extraordinary admiration for her courage and heroic response to pain and heartache. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy ranks as my most prayed and the Chaplet to St. Michael is one of the most beautiful prayers for the graces to which we aspire. I never start the day without it.

[bdeaner]

To your knowledge, am I correct on that bdeaner?

For the most part, yes, the Catholic Church rejects premillenialism as un-Biblical. The current version of premillenialism, such as in the Left Behind series, is a very new eschatological doctrine, actually rooted in Irish, anti-Catholic propaganda from the 1800's, and the Church rejects it as outside the Tradition.

Generally, the Church espouses what would be called amillenialism -- but there are a wide variety of these, so there is not one single, eschatological view accepted by the Church at this time.