Interpretation and reception
General Audience: Eschatology, the Expectation of the Parusia
Benedict XVI
Interprets Paul's vivid parousia imagery as expressing definitive presence with the Lord while relating the future to the resurrection already accomplished.
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Edition and location
Official Vatican English web text
Opening exposition of 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18