There's too much Catholicism in there for me to agree with you on these points, being Catholic in my theology (not in body). People'd just think, "Well Nihilo is biased, because this is the Catholic view." And so what I think on this matter doesn't matter. If I disagreed with you, that'd be notable, but that I agree with a Catholic view, is
. It'd be a waste for me to agree with you on this matter publicly.
So much confusion:
1, if it was Catholic, it would be saying there is a government on earth now that is the kingdom of God, with offices in some city on earth
2, neither the Catholic, nor the accuser of Catholicism in this case, is factoring in the widespread belief in the apostle's generation, that the end of the world would take place right after the destruction of Jerusalem. "Catholicism" would not be in error for believing #1 and 3 of the above list, but for thinking that after the fact that the end did not take place, they were supposed to take over, ie, establish a kingdom on earth in the theocratic sense. It makes no difference whether you do this yourself or believe this is supposed to happen at some future point through Israel, it is the same mistake.
3, #2 is specifically not Catholic on 'gratia infusa.' Justification was never by imputation (unless you think Luther was a mental case), so they would not have had the doctrine that the Res was the proof of an imputed righteousness. Even as recently as in the mystery series FATHER BROWN, that priest says that God's working in you when you admit sin is his grace that resolves your sin so that you will be accepted by him. C'ism always said that; that the grace at work within you resolves the debt; 'gratia infusa'. The Protestant protest was that it was Christ's work outside of us and our lives in history that did so, 'gratia imputa.'