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| − | '''Amillennialism''' ([[Latin]]: ''a-'' "not" + ''mille'' "thousand" + ''annum'' "year") is a view in Christian [[eschatology]] named for its denial of a future thousand-year, physical reign of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] on the earth, as espoused in the [[premillennialism|premillennial]] and some [[postmillennialism|postmillennial]] views of the [[Book of Revelation] | + | '''Amillennialism''' ([[Latin]]: ''a-'' "not" + ''mille'' "thousand" + ''annum'' "year") is a view in Christian [[eschatology]] named for its denial of a future thousand-year, physical reign of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] on the earth, as espoused in the [[premillennialism|premillennial]] and some [[postmillennialism|postmillennial]] views of the [[Book of Revelation]]. By contrast, the amillennial view holds that the number of years in Revelation 20 is a [[symbolism|symbolic]] number, not a literal description; that the millennium has already begun and is identical with the [[church]] age (or more rarely, that it ended with the destruction of [[Jerusalem]] in 70 C.E.); and that while Christ's reign is [[spirit]]ual in nature during the millennium, at the end of the church age, Christ will return in final judgment and establish permanent physical reign. Some postmillennialists and nearly all premillennialists hold that the word "millennium" should be taken to refer to a literal thousand-year period. |
==Terminology== | ==Terminology== | ||
| − | Many proponents dislike the name amillennialism because it emphasizes their negative differences with premillennialism rather than their positive beliefs about the millennium, and although they prefer alternate terms such as '''nunc-millennialism''' (that is, now-millennialism) or '''realized millennialism''' | + | Many proponents dislike the name amillennialism because it emphasizes their negative differences with premillennialism rather than their positive beliefs about the millennium, and although they prefer alternate terms such as '''nunc-millennialism''' (that is, now-millennialism) or '''realized millennialism,''' the acceptance and wide-spread usage of these latter names has been limited.<ref>Anthony Hoekema, [http://www.the-highway.com/amila_Hoekema.html "Amillennialism."] Retrieved December 5, 2007.</ref> |
==Teaching== | ==Teaching== | ||
Amillennialism teaches that the [[Kingdom of God]] will not be physically established on earth throughout the "millennium," but rather: | Amillennialism teaches that the [[Kingdom of God]] will not be physically established on earth throughout the "millennium," but rather: | ||
*that [[Jesus]] is presently reigning from heaven, seated at the right hand of God the Father, | *that [[Jesus]] is presently reigning from heaven, seated at the right hand of God the Father, | ||
| − | *that Jesus also is and will remain with the church until the end of the world, as he promised at the [[Ascension]], | + | *that Jesus also is, and will remain, with the church until the end of the world, as he promised at the [[Ascension]], |
*that at [[Pentecost]], the millennium began, as is shown by [[Saint Peter|Peter]] using the [[prophecy|prophecies]] of [[Joel]], about the coming of the kingdom, to explain what was happening, | *that at [[Pentecost]], the millennium began, as is shown by [[Saint Peter|Peter]] using the [[prophecy|prophecies]] of [[Joel]], about the coming of the kingdom, to explain what was happening, | ||
| − | * and that, therefore the church and its spread of | + | * and that, therefore, the church and its spread of its beliefs is Christ's kingdom. |
| − | Amillennialists cite the following scriptural references to support their position: | + | Amillennialists cite the following scriptural references to support their position: The kingdom not being a physical realm, Jesus cites his driving out demons as evidence that the kingdom of God had come upon them (Matthew 12:28); Jesus warns that the coming of the kingdom of God can not be observed (Luke 17:20-21), and that it is among them; Paul speaks of the kingdom of God being in terms of the Christians' actions (Romans 14:17). |
In particular, they regard the thousand year period as a figurative expression of Christ's reign being perfectly completed, as the "thousand hills" referred to in Psalm 50:10, the hills on which God owns the cattle, are all hills, and the "thousand generations" in 1 Chronicles 16:15, the generations for which God will be faithful, refer to all generations. | In particular, they regard the thousand year period as a figurative expression of Christ's reign being perfectly completed, as the "thousand hills" referred to in Psalm 50:10, the hills on which God owns the cattle, are all hills, and the "thousand generations" in 1 Chronicles 16:15, the generations for which God will be faithful, refer to all generations. | ||
| − | Amillennialism also teaches that the binding of [[Satan]] described in Revelation has already occurred; he has been prevented from "deceiving the nations" by preventing the spread of the gospel. This is the only binding he will suffer in history: | + | Amillennialism also teaches that the binding of [[Satan]] described in Revelation has already occurred; that he has been prevented from "deceiving the nations" by preventing the spread of the gospel. This is the only binding he will suffer in history: The forces of Satan will not be gradually pushed back by the Kingdom of God as history progresses, but will remain just as active as always up until the [[second coming]] of Christ, and therefore [[good and evil]] will remain mixed in strength throughout history and even in the church, according to the amillennial understanding of the [[Parable of the Wheat and Tares]]. |
| − | Amillennialism is sometimes associated with Idealism as both teach a symbolic interpretation of many of the prophecies of the Bible and especially the [[Book of Revelation]]. However, many amillennialists do believe in the literal fulfillment of Biblical prophecies; they simply disagree with Millennialists about how or when these prophecies will be fulfilled. | + | Amillennialism is sometimes associated with [[Idealism]], as both teach a symbolic interpretation of many of the prophecies of the Bible and especially the [[Book of Revelation]]. However, many amillennialists do believe in the literal fulfillment of Biblical prophecies; they simply disagree with Millennialists about how or when these prophecies will be fulfilled. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Early church=== | ===Early church=== | ||
| − | The first two centuries of the church held both premillennial and amillennial opinions. Although none of the available [[Church Father]]s advocate amillennialism in the first century, [[Justin Martyr]] (died 165), who had [[millennialism|chiliastic]] tendencies in his theology,<ref>[http://lig1.tripod.com/lee/early/leeearly.htm | + | The first two centuries of the church held both premillennial and amillennial opinions. Although none of the available [[Church Father]]s advocate amillennialism in the first century, [[Justin Martyr]] (died 165), who had [[millennialism|chiliastic]] tendencies in his theology,<ref>Francis Nigel Lee, [http://lig1.tripod.com/lee/early/leeearly.htm Always Victorious!] Retrieved December 5, 2007.</ref> mentions differing views in his ''Dialogue with Trypho the Jew,'' chapter 80: "I and many others are of this opinion [premillennialism], and [believe] that such will take place, as you assuredly are aware; but, on the other hand, I signified to you that many who belong to the pure and pious faith, and are true Christians, think otherwise."<ref>Catholic Answers, [http://www.catholic.com/library/rapture.asp The Rapture.] Retrieved December 5, 2007.</ref> |
| − | A few amillenialists such as Albertus Pieters understand Pseudo-Barnabas to be amillennial. In the second century, the [[Alogi]] (those who rejected all of John's writings) were amillennial, as was [[Caius]] in the first quarter of the third century.<ref>Eusebius, ''The ecclesiastical history'', 3.28.1-2. G.P. Putnam's sons, 1926-32.</ref> With the influence of [[Neo-Platonism]] and [[dualism]], [[Clement of Alexandria]] and [[Origen]] denied premillennialism.<ref>Origen, De Principiis, 2.2. Harper & Row [1966]</ref> Likewise, [[Dionysius of Alexandria]] argued that Revelation was not written by John and could not be interpreted literally; he was amillennial.<ref>Eusebius, ''The | + | A few amillenialists such as Albertus Pieters understand Pseudo-Barnabas to be amillennial. In the second century, the [[Alogi]] (those who rejected all of John's writings) were amillennial, as was [[Caius]] in the first quarter of the third century.<ref>Eusebius, ''The ecclesiastical history'', 3.28.1-2. G.P. Putnam's sons, 1926-32.</ref> With the influence of [[Neo-Platonism]] and [[dualism]], [[Clement of Alexandria]] and [[Origen]] denied premillennialism.<ref>Origen, De Principiis, 2.2. Harper & Row [1966]</ref> Likewise, [[Dionysius of Alexandria]] argued that Revelation was not written by John and could not be interpreted literally; he was amillennial.<ref>Eusebius, ''The Ecclesiastical History,'' 7.15.3; 7.25. G.P. Putnam's sons, 1926-32.</ref> |
[[Origen]]'s idealizing tendency to consider only the spiritual as real (which was fundamental to his entire system) led him to combat the "rude" or "crude."<ref>The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol.8, p. 273</ref> | [[Origen]]'s idealizing tendency to consider only the spiritual as real (which was fundamental to his entire system) led him to combat the "rude" or "crude."<ref>The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol.8, p. 273</ref> | ||
| − | In general, however, premillennialism appeared in the available writings of the early church but it was evident that both views existed side by side. The premillennial beliefs of the early church fathers, however, are quite different from the dominant form of modern-day premillennialism, namely dispensational premillennialism. | + | In general, however, premillennialism appeared in the available writings of the early church, but it was evident that both views existed side by side. The premillennial beliefs of the early church fathers, however, are quite different from the dominant form of modern-day premillennialism, namely dispensational premillennialism. |
===Medieval and Reformation periods=== | ===Medieval and Reformation periods=== | ||
| − | Amillennialism gained ground after Christianity became a legal religion. It was systematized by [[Augustine of Hippo|St. Augustine]] in the fourth century, and this systematization carried amillennialism over as the dominant eschatology of the Medieval and Reformation periods. Augustine was originally a premilennialist, but he retracted that view, claiming the doctrine was carnal.<ref>Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo. ''City of God'' 20.7. New York, Modern Library 1950.</ref> Although he argued that Christ's reign was spiritual and not literal and earthly, and that the church was currently living in the millennium, Augustine held to a literal 1,000 year millennium that could end in perhaps C.E. 650 or, at the latest, 1000. | + | Amillennialism gained ground after Christianity became a legal religion. It was systematized by [[Augustine of Hippo|St. Augustine]] in the fourth century, and this systematization carried amillennialism over as the dominant eschatology of the Medieval and Reformation periods. Augustine was originally a premilennialist, but he retracted that view, claiming the doctrine was carnal.<ref>Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo. ''City of God'' 20.7. (New York, Modern Library 1950).</ref> Although he argued that Christ's reign was spiritual and not literal and earthly, and that the church was currently living in the millennium, Augustine held to a literal 1,000 year millennium that could end in perhaps C.E. 650 or, at the latest, 1000. |
| − | Amillennialism was the dominant view of the [[Protestant Reformation|Protestant Reformers]]. The [[Lutheran]] Church formally rejected [[chiliasm]] in the [[The Augsburg Confession]] | + | Amillennialism was the dominant view of the [[Protestant Reformation|Protestant Reformers]]. The [[Lutheran]] Church formally rejected [[chiliasm]] in the [[The Augsburg Confession]]—“Art. XVII., condemns the [[Anabaptists]] and others ’who now scatter [[Jewish]] opinions that, before the [[resurrection]] of the dead, the godly shall occupy the kingdom of the world, the wicked being everywhere suppressed.’"<ref>Philip Schaff, ''History of the Christian Church'', Vol. 2 (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, n.d.).</ref> Likewise, the Swiss Reformer, Heinrich Bullinger wrote up the [[Helvetic Confessions|Second Helvetic Confession]], which reads, "We also reject the Jewish dream of a millennium, or golden age on earth, before the [[last judgment]]."<ref>Philip Schaff ''History of Creeds'' Vol. 1, 307.</ref> [[John Calvin]] wrote in ''Institutes'' that chiliasm is a "fiction" which is "too childish either to need or to be worth a refutation." He interpreted the thousand year period of Revelation 20 non-literally, applying it to the "various disturbances that awaited the church, while still toiling on earth."<ref>[[John Calvin]], ''Institutes of the Christian Religion'', XXV.V (Philadelphia, Westminster Press [1960]).</ref> |
===Modern times=== | ===Modern times=== | ||
| − | Amillennialism has been widely held in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] as well as in the [[Roman Catholic Church]], which generally follows Augustine on this point and which has deemed that premillennialism "cannot safely be taught." | + | Amillennialism has been widely held in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] as well as in the [[Roman Catholic Church]], which generally follows Augustine on this point and which has deemed that premillennialism "cannot safely be taught." Amillennialism is also common among "mainline" [[Protestant]] denominations such as the [[Lutheran]], [[Reformed]], and [[Anglican]] churches. Many, but not all, partial preterists are amillennialists. Amillennialism declined in Protestant circles with the rise of Postmillennialism and the resurgence of Premillennialism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but it regained prominence in the West after [[World War II]]. |
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | * Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo. ''City of God'' 20.7. New York | + | * Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo. ''City of God'' 20.7. New York: Modern Library, 1950. |
| − | * Calvin, John. ''Institutes of the Christian Religion,'' XXV.V. Philadelphia | + | * Calvin, John. ''Institutes of the Christian Religion,'' XXV.V. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, [1960]. |
* "Chiliasm," Article found in ''The Anchor Bible Dictionary on CD-ROM.'' Logos Research Systems, 1997. | * "Chiliasm," Article found in ''The Anchor Bible Dictionary on CD-ROM.'' Logos Research Systems, 1997. | ||
| − | * Comenius, Johann Amos | + | * Comenius, Johann Amos, ed. ''The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart.'' Paulist Press, 1998. ISBN 080910489X |
| − | * Dunn, James D.G.''Jews and Christians: The Parting of the Ways, A.D. 70 to 135'' | + | * Dunn, James D.G. ''Jews and Christians: The Parting of the Ways, A.D. 70 to 135'' W.B. Eerdmans, 1999. ISBN 0802844987 |
| + | * Eusebius, ''The Ecclesiastical History 3.28.1-2.'' G.P. Putnam's sons, 1926-32. | ||
* The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol.8, p. 273 | * The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol.8, p. 273 | ||
| − | + | * Schaff, Philip. ''History of the Christian Church, Vol. 2'' Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, n.d. | |
| − | * Schaff, Philip. ''History of the Christian Church, Vol. 2'' Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, n.d | + | * Warfield, B.B. "The Apocalypse" in ''Selected Shorter Writings, vol II.'' Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1971. ISBN 0875525318 |
| − | * Warfield, B.B. "The Apocalypse" in Selected Shorter Writings, vol II. Presbyterian and Reformed | + | * Warfield, B.B. "The Millennium and the Apocalypse" in ''Biblical Doctrines, vol. II in Works.'' Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, n.d. |
| − | * Warfield, B.B. "The Millennium and the Apocalypse" in Biblical Doctrines, vol. II in Works. Baker Book House | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.prca.org/articles/amillennialism.html "A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism"]—a series of articles by David J. Engelsma from the ''Standard Bearer'' (April 1, 1995 through December 15, 1996). Retrieved December 5, 2007. | |
| − | *[http://www.prca.org/articles/amillennialism.html "A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism"] | + | *[http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Eschatology/Amillennialism/ various articles on Amillennialism—from Monergism. Retrieved December 5, 2007. |
| − | *[http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Eschatology/Amillennialism/ various articles on Amillennialism | + | *[http://www.graceonlinelibrary.org/articles/subcats.asp?id=9|24 various articles on Amillennialism]—Grace Online Library. Retrieved December 5, 2007. |
| − | *[http://www.graceonlinelibrary.org/articles/subcats.asp?id=9|24 various articles on Amillennialism] | + | *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10307a.htm "Millennium and Millenarianism"] – from the ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]''. Retrieved December 5, 2007. |
| − | *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10307a.htm "Millennium and Millenarianism"] – from the ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' | + | *[http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/mill.html#amil a dispensational premillennialism perspective]—Blue Letter Bible summary. Retrieved December 5, 2007. |
| − | *[http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/mill.html#amil a dispensational premillennialism perspective] | + | *[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/ec_thousandyearreign.aspx ''On The Thousand Year Reign (Chiliasm)''] Elder Cleopa of Romania—Eastern Orthodox view. Retrieved December 5, 2007. |
| − | *[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/ec_thousandyearreign.aspx ''On The Thousand Year Reign (Chiliasm)''] Elder Cleopa of Romania—Eastern Orthodox view | + | *[http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=m&word=MILLENNIUM "Millennium"]—from Christian Cyclopedia (Lutheran perspective). Retrieved December 5, 2007. |
| − | *[http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=m&word=MILLENNIUM "Millennium"] | + | *[http://www.wlsessays.net/authors/E/EngelMillennium/EngelMillennium.PDF "Millennium"]—by Nathan J. Engel (Lutheran perspective). Retrieved December 5, 2007. |
| − | *[http://www.wlsessays.net/authors/E/EngelMillennium/EngelMillennium.PDF "Millennium"] | ||
[[Category:Philosophy and religion]] | [[Category:Philosophy and religion]] | ||
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Amillennialism (Latin: a- "not" + mille "thousand" + annum "year") is a view in Christian eschatology named for its denial of a future thousand-year, physical reign of Jesus Christ on the earth, as espoused in the premillennial and some postmillennial views of the Book of Revelation. By contrast, the amillennial view holds that the number of years in Revelation 20 is a symbolic number, not a literal description; that the millennium has already begun and is identical with the church age (or more rarely, that it ended with the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E.); and that while Christ's reign is spiritual in nature during the millennium, at the end of the church age, Christ will return in final judgment and establish permanent physical reign. Some postmillennialists and nearly all premillennialists hold that the word "millennium" should be taken to refer to a literal thousand-year period.
Terminology
Many proponents dislike the name amillennialism because it emphasizes their negative differences with premillennialism rather than their positive beliefs about the millennium, and although they prefer alternate terms such as nunc-millennialism (that is, now-millennialism) or realized millennialism, the acceptance and wide-spread usage of these latter names has been limited.[1]
Teaching
Amillennialism teaches that the Kingdom of God will not be physically established on earth throughout the "millennium," but rather:
- that Jesus is presently reigning from heaven, seated at the right hand of God the Father,
- that Jesus also is, and will remain, with the church until the end of the world, as he promised at the Ascension,
- that at Pentecost, the millennium began, as is shown by Peter using the prophecies of Joel, about the coming of the kingdom, to explain what was happening,
- and that, therefore, the church and its spread of its beliefs is Christ's kingdom.
Amillennialists cite the following scriptural references to support their position: The kingdom not being a physical realm, Jesus cites his driving out demons as evidence that the kingdom of God had come upon them (Matthew 12:28); Jesus warns that the coming of the kingdom of God can not be observed (Luke 17:20-21), and that it is among them; Paul speaks of the kingdom of God being in terms of the Christians' actions (Romans 14:17).
In particular, they regard the thousand year period as a figurative expression of Christ's reign being perfectly completed, as the "thousand hills" referred to in Psalm 50:10, the hills on which God owns the cattle, are all hills, and the "thousand generations" in 1 Chronicles 16:15, the generations for which God will be faithful, refer to all generations.
Amillennialism also teaches that the binding of Satan described in Revelation has already occurred; that he has been prevented from "deceiving the nations" by preventing the spread of the gospel. This is the only binding he will suffer in history: The forces of Satan will not be gradually pushed back by the Kingdom of God as history progresses, but will remain just as active as always up until the second coming of Christ, and therefore good and evil will remain mixed in strength throughout history and even in the church, according to the amillennial understanding of the Parable of the Wheat and Tares.
Amillennialism is sometimes associated with Idealism, as both teach a symbolic interpretation of many of the prophecies of the Bible and especially the Book of Revelation. However, many amillennialists do believe in the literal fulfillment of Biblical prophecies; they simply disagree with Millennialists about how or when these prophecies will be fulfilled.
History
Early church
The first two centuries of the church held both premillennial and amillennial opinions. Although none of the available Church Fathers advocate amillennialism in the first century, Justin Martyr (died 165), who had chiliastic tendencies in his theology,[2] mentions differing views in his Dialogue with Trypho the Jew, chapter 80: "I and many others are of this opinion [premillennialism], and [believe] that such will take place, as you assuredly are aware; but, on the other hand, I signified to you that many who belong to the pure and pious faith, and are true Christians, think otherwise."[3]
A few amillenialists such as Albertus Pieters understand Pseudo-Barnabas to be amillennial. In the second century, the Alogi (those who rejected all of John's writings) were amillennial, as was Caius in the first quarter of the third century.[4] With the influence of Neo-Platonism and dualism, Clement of Alexandria and Origen denied premillennialism.[5] Likewise, Dionysius of Alexandria argued that Revelation was not written by John and could not be interpreted literally; he was amillennial.[6]
Origen's idealizing tendency to consider only the spiritual as real (which was fundamental to his entire system) led him to combat the "rude" or "crude."[7]
In general, however, premillennialism appeared in the available writings of the early church, but it was evident that both views existed side by side. The premillennial beliefs of the early church fathers, however, are quite different from the dominant form of modern-day premillennialism, namely dispensational premillennialism.
Medieval and Reformation periods
Amillennialism gained ground after Christianity became a legal religion. It was systematized by St. Augustine in the fourth century, and this systematization carried amillennialism over as the dominant eschatology of the Medieval and Reformation periods. Augustine was originally a premilennialist, but he retracted that view, claiming the doctrine was carnal.[8] Although he argued that Christ's reign was spiritual and not literal and earthly, and that the church was currently living in the millennium, Augustine held to a literal 1,000 year millennium that could end in perhaps C.E. 650 or, at the latest, 1000.
Amillennialism was the dominant view of the Protestant Reformers. The Lutheran Church formally rejected chiliasm in the The Augsburg Confession—“Art. XVII., condemns the Anabaptists and others ’who now scatter Jewish opinions that, before the resurrection of the dead, the godly shall occupy the kingdom of the world, the wicked being everywhere suppressed.’"[9] Likewise, the Swiss Reformer, Heinrich Bullinger wrote up the Second Helvetic Confession, which reads, "We also reject the Jewish dream of a millennium, or golden age on earth, before the last judgment."[10] John Calvin wrote in Institutes that chiliasm is a "fiction" which is "too childish either to need or to be worth a refutation." He interpreted the thousand year period of Revelation 20 non-literally, applying it to the "various disturbances that awaited the church, while still toiling on earth."[11]
Modern times
Amillennialism has been widely held in the Eastern Orthodox Church as well as in the Roman Catholic Church, which generally follows Augustine on this point and which has deemed that premillennialism "cannot safely be taught." Amillennialism is also common among "mainline" Protestant denominations such as the Lutheran, Reformed, and Anglican churches. Many, but not all, partial preterists are amillennialists. Amillennialism declined in Protestant circles with the rise of Postmillennialism and the resurgence of Premillennialism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but it regained prominence in the West after World War II.
Criticism
Many premillennialists accuse amillennialists of over-spiritualizing parts of the Bible. Moreover, the amillennial view that good and evil will persist has led some postmillennialists to accuse amillennialists (and premillennialists) of being overly pessimistic. Amillennialists have countered that the Parable of the Weeds and the Parable of Drawing in the Net show that the good and evil will be sorted out only at the end of the world.
Notes
- ↑ Anthony Hoekema, "Amillennialism." Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- ↑ Francis Nigel Lee, Always Victorious! Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- ↑ Catholic Answers, The Rapture. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- ↑ Eusebius, The ecclesiastical history, 3.28.1-2. G.P. Putnam's sons, 1926-32.
- ↑ Origen, De Principiis, 2.2. Harper & Row [1966]
- ↑ Eusebius, The Ecclesiastical History, 7.15.3; 7.25. G.P. Putnam's sons, 1926-32.
- ↑ The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol.8, p. 273
- ↑ Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo. City of God 20.7. (New York, Modern Library 1950).
- ↑ Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Vol. 2 (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, n.d.).
- ↑ Philip Schaff History of Creeds Vol. 1, 307.
- ↑ John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, XXV.V (Philadelphia, Westminster Press [1960]).
ReferencesISBN links support NWE through referral fees
- Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo. City of God 20.7. New York: Modern Library, 1950.
- Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion, XXV.V. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, [1960].
- "Chiliasm," Article found in The Anchor Bible Dictionary on CD-ROM. Logos Research Systems, 1997.
- Comenius, Johann Amos, ed. The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart. Paulist Press, 1998. ISBN 080910489X
- Dunn, James D.G. Jews and Christians: The Parting of the Ways, A.D. 70 to 135 W.B. Eerdmans, 1999. ISBN 0802844987
- Eusebius, The Ecclesiastical History 3.28.1-2. G.P. Putnam's sons, 1926-32.
- The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol.8, p. 273
- Schaff, Philip. History of the Christian Church, Vol. 2 Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, n.d.
- Warfield, B.B. "The Apocalypse" in Selected Shorter Writings, vol II. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1971. ISBN 0875525318
- Warfield, B.B. "The Millennium and the Apocalypse" in Biblical Doctrines, vol. II in Works. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, n.d.
External links
- "A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism"—a series of articles by David J. Engelsma from the Standard Bearer (April 1, 1995 through December 15, 1996). Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- [http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Eschatology/Amillennialism/ various articles on Amillennialism—from Monergism. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- various articles on Amillennialism—Grace Online Library. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- "Millennium and Millenarianism" – from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- a dispensational premillennialism perspective—Blue Letter Bible summary. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- On The Thousand Year Reign (Chiliasm) Elder Cleopa of Romania—Eastern Orthodox view. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- "Millennium"—from Christian Cyclopedia (Lutheran perspective). Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- "Millennium"—by Nathan J. Engel (Lutheran perspective). Retrieved December 5, 2007.
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