millenarianism

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The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism, especially the

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  1. The doctrine of or belief in the coming of the millennium; the doctrine of the reappearance of Christ on earth, the establishment of his kingdom, the resurrection of the saints and of the remaining dead for the general judgment, and an intervening period of a thousand years (or of indefinite length) of perfect righteousness. In the early church the doctrine of millenarianism (chiliasm) was generally held, and many, both of the otherwise orthodox and of heretics, were accused of holding it in a literal or even a gross and sensual sense. Thus, after the fourth century it fell into general disfavor. As a. d. 1000 approached there was a wide-spread panic throughout Europe, under the idea that the prophetic thousand years had expired and that Satan would be let loose. Millenarianism showed itself again in the views of Anabaptists, Fifth Monarchy Men, Millerites, etc. See chiliasm, millennium, premillennialism, postmillennialism. At various periods in the history of the Middle Ages we encounter sudden outbreaks of millennarianism. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 317.

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  • His knowledge of Newton seems to have been derived from historians with a neo-Platonic slant, who have focused their attention on Newton's alchemy and millenarianism rather than his work on optics and his theory of gravity.
  • The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism, especially the —  Catholic and Enjoying It!
  • The Hadron has simply provided another trigger for humanity's innate proclivity for millenarianism. —  On Line Opinion - Latest Articles
  • At the end of the millennium, the year 2000, a yearning for an age of freedom from the evils afflicting the world, the spirit of millenarianism has returned as it has so many times before.
  • The millenarianism gave the impulse, the moralist insured the future. —  The Life of Jesus
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  1. Sometimes improperly millennarianism; from millenarian + -ism.
 

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