[smvoice]

I posted a question to you earlier, I know you’ve been busy, but I would like to know, if you know; The Church the Body of Christ: Christ is the Head. The members are the Body. Who is the neck? Is there an answer in Catholic teachings?

[D-fendr]

Who is the neck? Is there an answer in Catholic teachings?

I'm sorry, not to my knowledge; I haven't heard the term used.

[Natural Law]

"Who is the neck?"

Everything not the head is the body.

[Mad Dawg]

Who is the neck? Is there an answer in Catholic teachings?

Heck no. Nothing official. A lot of loose talk by less than verbally gifted teachers. The best answer was the everything not head is body.

Now ask me, who is the PAIN in the neck ...

[D-fendr]

I believe I also owe you more of an answer regarding Catholic's view of end times, I believe the question was for a comparison with Dispensational Premillennialism.

As I mentioned, these terms are foreign to Catholic theology, the closest I could find would describe some Church fathers as "Amillennialist," although I can't find this term in Church teaching or vouch for it's accuracy. I'm just hoping it might ring a bell or help compare with your view.

We believe there is a particular judgement at death:

Each man receives his eternal retribution in his immortal soul at the very moment of his death, in a particular judgment that refers his life to Christ: either entrance into the blessedness of heaven—through a purification or immediately—or immediate and everlasting damnation. *

We believe that our soul is immortal and unite with its resurrected body just prior to the Last Judgment:

The Last Judgment will come when Christ returns in glory. Only the Father knows the day and the hour; only he determines the moment of its coming. Then through his Son Jesus Christ he will pronounce the final word on all history. We shall know the ultimate meaning of the whole work of creation and of the entire economy of salvation and understand the marvelous ways by which his Providence led everything towards its final end. The Last Judgment will reveal that God’s justice triumphs over all the injustices committed by his creatures and that God’s love is stronger than death. *

We believe the Church, the Body of Christ, is Israel in this context, as Paul taught, that Christ's sacrifice and the Gospel is for all and not just Jews. We don't believe in the structure of Dispensationalism in other words.

I hope this helps a bit, if I come across anything else that relates, I'll do my best to remember to ping you with it.

[*Blockquotes are from the Catechism.]