History according to the Catholic Church

Before creation, God predestined Jesus[1] and his whole life,[2] the Virgin Mary his mother,[3] the church,[4] each person to enjoy the beatific vision,[5] the universal destination of goods,[6] and all of creation to be renewed.[7] God did not predestine man to die,[8] and "predestines no one to go to hell."[9]

The world was created in a "state of journeying" to its predestined renewal,[10] and its creation is the first step toward God making a covenant with his people.[11] After the sin and fall of the angels,[12] Satan tempts Adam and Eve to sin and fall; but God promises mankind a redeemer.[13] God only permitted the fall of the angels and men to display his power and love.[4] That said, the church interprets the creation accounts in Genesis symbolically.[14]

Salvation history is the history of revelation.[15] God progressively revealed to his people creation,[16] himself[17] and the resurrection.[18] By his promise to Abraham to make him the father of believers, God redirects human history from death to life.[19] By accepting God's promise, Abraham inaugurates the salvation history[19] that will culminate in Jesus.[20] The passover, the exodus from Egypt, the giving of the Torah, and the covenant with his people begin to fulfill God's promise to Abraham.[21] Salvation history includes a number of blessings - the "birth of Isaac, the escape from Egypt (Passover and Exodus), the gift of the promised land, the election of David, the presence of God in the Temple, the purifying exile, and return of a 'small remnant'"[22] - that reveal how, from the beginning to the end of time, God's work is a blessing.[23]

The times of the promises and preparations is the time when God promised to send his people a redeemer and prepared his people for said redeemer.[24] God spoke through the prophets,[25] who summoned his people to repentance,[26] and, unlike the other mitzvot that were written by Moses, God wrote the Decalogue.[27]

The fullness of time is the time of fulfillment of God's promises to and preparations of his people. The Virgin Mary is the culmination of God's preparation of his people for the messiah[28] via her Immaculate Conception, Perpetual Virginity, and becoming the Theotokos.[29] The Annunciation inaugurates the fullness of time.[30] The conception of Jesus in Mary's womb inaugurates the end-times[31] and the messianic age.[32]

The hour of glory is the hour of Jesus[33] and the hour of the New Covenant:[34] the Paschal Mystery. The Paschal Mystery is historical, yet transcends time by being made present in the Eucharist.[33][35] The descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost fulfills the Paschal Mystery[36] and inaugurates the age of the church.[37]

The age of the church is the age of the resurrection of Jesus[38] and the age of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.[39] The church is the beginning of the kingdom of God[40] that will come in its fullness at the second coming.[41] The second coming is hastened every time the Eucharist is celebrated,[42] and every time a Christian prays for Jesus to come[43] and lives according to the mind of Jesus.[44] The Assumption of Mary is an anticipation of the future resurrection.[45]

The times of the gentiles is the time when the church preaches the gospel to gentiles so that they recognize Jesus.[46] The Noahide covenant is in force during this time, until the gospel has been preached everywhere.[47] After the "full inclusion of the gentiles" will come the "full inclusion of the Jews."[46]

The second coming is suspended until Jesus is recognized by "all of Israel,"[48] and until the church undergoes a final test by the antichrist.[49]

The antichrist will be the supreme pseudo-messianism that claims to solve everyone's problems at the cost of apostasy. It will cause the final persecution of the church. The antichrist is foreshadowed throughout history by secular messianisms and millenarianism.[50]

The second coming of Jesus will happen on the last day.[51] It will bring about the resurrection and judgment of mankind.[52] The judgment of mankind will reveal each person's good and evil deeds and will reveal the ultimate meaning of history and creation, how God led everything to its goal, and how God's justice surpasses every injustice and God's love surpasses death.[53]

The Anno Mundi is sometimes used by Catholics to determine the date of Christmas.[54]

Jewish deicide is not accepted by the church. The church teaches that not Jews, but all sinners, are "the authors and the ministers" of Jesus' passion and death.[55]

Certain alleged private revelations, such as Our Lady of Akita and Our Lady of Medjugorje, claim mankind is undergoing a chastisement for its sins.[56][57]

Augustine of Hippo believed the world is divided into six ages, with the fifth age being the contemporary age and the sixth age beginning at the second coming.[58]

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Judgment Day will be proceeded by the return of Elijah and Enoch, a number of natural disasters, and a supernatural fire that will renew creation.[59]

Some church fathers, such as Irenaeus and Hippolytus, taught that the Antichrist will be a Jew from the tribe of Dan. Thomas Ice argues that the Antichrist will be a gentile.[60]