ESCHATOLOGY OR THE
CATHOLIC DOCTRINE
OF THE LAST THINGS

A DOGMATIC TREATISE

REV. JOSEPH POHLE PH.D. D.D.

BY THE RT. REV. MSGR. JOSEPH POHLE, PH.D., D.D. FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF DOGMATIC THEOLOGY AT ST. JOSEPH’S SEMINARY,
LEEDS (ENGLAND), LATER PROFESSOR OF APOLOGETICS AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

ADAPTED AND EDITED BY ARTHUR PREUSS THIRD, REVISED EDITION

B. HERDER BOOK CO. 17 SOUTH BROADWAY, ST. LOUIS, MO. AND 68, GREAT RUSSELL ST., LONDON, W. C. 1920

NIHIL OBSTAT STI. LUDOVICI, DIE 27 FEB. 1920 F. G. HOLWECK, CENSOR LIBRORUM.

IMPRIMATUR STI. LUDOVICI, DIE 28 FEB. 1920 XJOANNES J. GLENNON, ARCHIEPISCOPUS, STI. LUDOVICI.

COPYRIGHT, 1917 BY JOSEPH GUMMERSBACH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

ESCHATOLOGY OR THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE OF THE LAST THINGS: A DOGMATIC TREATISE

INTRODUCTION

PART I
ESCHATOLOGY OF MAN AS AN INDIVIDUAL

CHAPTER I
DEATH

CHAPTER II
THE PARTICULAR JUDGMENT

SECTION 1
EXISTENCE OF A PARTICULAR JUDGMENT

SECTION 2
TIME OF THE PARTICULAR JUDGMENT

CHAPTER III
HEAVEN

SECTION 1
THE EXISTENCE OF HEAVEN

SECTION 2
THE PROPERTIES OF HEAVEN

CHAPTER IV
HELL

SECTION 1
THE EXISTENCE OF HELL

SECTION 2
NATURE OF THE PUNISHMENT

SECTION 3
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PAINS OF HELL

CHAPTER V
PURGATORY

SECTION 1
THE EXISTENCE OF PURGATORY

SECTION 2
NATURE AND DURATION OF PURGATORY

SECTION 3
SUCCORING THE DEAD

PART II
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE HUMAN RACE

CHAPTER I
THE SIGNS THAT ARE TO PRECEDE THE GENERAL JUDGMENT

CHAPTER II
THE RESURRECTION OF THE FLESH

SECTION 1
REALITY OF THE RESURRECTION

SECTION 2
UNIVERSALITY OF THE RESURRECTION

SECTION 3
NATURE OF THE RISEN BODY

CHAPTER III
THE LAST JUDGMENT

SECTION 1
REALITY OF THE LAST JUDGMENT

SECTION 2
CHILIASM, OR MILLENARIANISM