So then, just as he sent apostles, whom he chose out of the world [39], even as he had been sent by the Father [40], in like manner it was his will that in his church there should be shepherds and teachers until the end of time.

ita in Ecclesia sua pastores et doctores "usque ad consummationem saeculi" [Mt 28,20] esse voluit.

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
 
 docentes eos servare omnia quaecuмque mandavi vobis : et ecce ego vobiscuм sum omnibus diebus, usque ad consummationem saeculi.
 

[3] And when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world?
 
 Sedente autem eo super montem Oliveti, accesserunt ad eum discipuli secreto, dicentes : Dic nobis, quando haec erunt? et quod signum adventus tui, et consummationis saeculi?
 
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[14] And this gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations, and then shall the consummation come.
 
 Et praedicabitur hoc Evangelium regni in universo orbe, in testimonium omnibus gentibus : et tunc veniet consummatio.
 
 [15] When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand.
 
 cuм ergo videritis abominationem desolationis, quae dicta est a Daniele propheta, stantem in loco sancto, qui legit, intelligat:

Honest question. How does the conclusion not lead one to consider that the Home Aloners are correct?

The consummation is a time span, the time span we're living in. There will be shepherds and teachers until that time span, until the beginning of that time span.

True!

So let's stay with the original Latin: "usque ad consummationem saeculi"

Dear Stubborn, please forgive me, but I reject your teachings and will stay with the explanations of the Vatican Council and of Our Lord in Mt 24.

I rarely agree with Stubborn, but I must here. The consummation of the world means the end of the world.

If someone says X will last until the end of time, they mean it will last until the final moment of existence - not that it will cease to exist when the Apocalypse commences.

The abomination of desolation signals the beginning of the End Times, but Vatican I more likely suggests that the Papacy will remain until the end of the End Times(i.e the exact moment the world ends) rather than merely the beginning of the End Times. This is further supported by the fact that the "gates of Hell shall not prevail against Her" promise is not qualified with any "until the End Times" or "until the abomination of desolation" or anything similar.

For which cause, this council has thought good, that the Symbol of faith which the holy Roman Church makes use of, –as being that principle wherein all who profess the faith of Christ necessarily agree, and that firm and alone foundation against which the gates of hell shall never prevail,– be expressed in the very same words in which it is read in all the churches. Which Symbol is as follows: [...]

@forlorn

I have mentioned Daniel 9,27 in the opening post. Since you are stubborn, lazy, and verloren, I look it up and put it right in front of your nose:
Source: drbo.org

to the consummation, and to the end says the prophet.

As you can see: the consummation happens before the end.

It is a good idea to follow our Lord and read Daniel, when we see the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place.


(The text is about the temple in Jerusalem, destroyed in A.D. 70, not reerected until today.)