preterist

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It has to be an organic eschatology, post-preterist, post-emergent, post-modern, post-dispensational in nature, otherwise it will again become an elitist system that is only relevant to seminarians (no offense to any of the ThDs frequenting OST), disconnected from people's hearts and lives.

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  1. One whose chief interest is in the past; one who has regard principally to the past.
  2. In theology, one who believes that the prophecies of the Apocalypse have already been nearly or entirely fulfilled.
  3. Relating to the preterists or their views.

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  • You are called hyper-preterist becauxe many reformed folks do sign up to what is called preterism or partial preterism. —  Pulpit Pimps
  • I have no intention of continuing to give you a platform for hyper-preterist arguments. —  Pulpit Pimps
  • Please do not simply import these aggressive preterist discussions into Open Source Theology without asking how they are constructively relevant to the stated purpose. —  open source theology - Comments
  • That convergence (approximately Tom Wright meets Brian Mclaren?) seems to me to be characteristic of - if not definitive for - much of the theology that currently carries the 'emerging' sticker. is that although it can be made to fit the purpose of developing an emerging theology, it is presented in the style and idiom of a defence of a certain preterist position —  open source theology - Comments
  • Whether it's Eusebius, Wright, King, McLaren, DeMar … even you … you guys all contributed to the shaping of an eschatology which is fundamentally preterist in nature. —  open source theology - Comments
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