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==History==

==History==

===Origins in Millerism===

===Origins in Millerism===

The [[Second Great Awakening]] saw a general revival of evangelical Christianity, and was especially strong among [[Yankee]] Protestants in the "Burned Over" district of upstate New York. William Miller was a Baptist Minister who earnestly looked forward to the return of Christ, but who become inordinately consumed with determining the date. In 1831 he announced he had dated the Second Coming to 1843, when the world would end in a fiery purge. A recalculation moved the date to October 22, 1844. Both dates passed with no Second Coming; to his credit Miller recognized his error and repented of his actions, and thereafter no longer sought to predict a date.

The [[Second Great Awakening]] saw a general revival of evangelical Christianity and was especially strong among [[Yankee]] Protestants in the [[Burned-over district]] of upstate New York.

 

[[William Miller]] was a [[Baptist]] Minister who earnestly looked forward to the return of Christ, but who become inordinately consumed with determining the date. In 1831 he announced he had dated the Second Coming to 1843, when the world would end in a fiery purge. He would hedge on many dates for that year, eventually settling on a period between March 23 of 1843 and 1844.  When nothing occurred, he later revised his date to April 18, 1844, then finally to October 22, 1844.

 

When the latter date passed with no Second Coming; to his credit Miller recognized his error and repented of his actions, and thereafter no longer sought to predict a date, though until his death he believed the Second Coming would take place in his lifetime.

===Reinterpreting 1844===

===Reinterpreting 1844===