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'''Chiliasm''' is the doctrine based on Revelation 20:4-6 that [[Jesus Christ|Christ]] will reign on earth a thousand years.<ref>''The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary'' including Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary, copyright 1966, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-21606. page 237a</ref> The word chiliasm is from Greek ''chiliasmos'', from ''chilias'', from ''chilioi'' thousand. A ''chiliad'' is literally ''a thousand'', also a period of a thousand years. | '''Chiliasm''' is the doctrine based on Revelation 20:4-6 that [[Jesus Christ|Christ]] will reign on earth a thousand years.<ref>''The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary'' including Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary, copyright 1966, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-21606. page 237a</ref> The word chiliasm is from Greek ''chiliasmos'', from ''chilias'', from ''chilioi'' thousand. A ''chiliad'' is literally ''a thousand'', also a period of a thousand years. | ||
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| + | Chiliasm has been condemned as a [[heresy]] in the East and West since A.D. 381. It is defended as a true doctrine of Christianity by several Christian denominations and literalist schools of biblical interpretation since the beginning of the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]]. See | ||
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| + | === Rejection of Chiliasm in the East and West since A.D. 381 === | ||
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| + | [http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/readings/end/chiliasm.shtml The Inconsistency of Chiliasm] (Orthodox). The Second Ecumenical Council (381) and the Condemnation of Apollinarius (orthodoxphotos.com) | ||
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| + | [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/86520.htm The Inconsistency of Chiliasm, Bishop Alexander (Mileant)] - Russian Orthodox (pravoslavie.ru) | ||
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| + | [http://www.roca.org/OA/15/15h.htm Orthodox America: 381 - The Second Ecumenical Council - 1981. From the "Last Farewell" of St. Gregory the Theologian to the 150 Fathers of the Second Ecumenical Council (on his resignation as Patriarch)] (roca.org) | ||
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| + | [http://francisgumerlock.com/wp-content/upload/2009/01/Millenialism%20and%20the%20Early%20Church%20Councils.%20Gumerlock.pdf ''Fides et Historia'' 36:2 (Summer/Fall 2004): 83-95. Millenialism and the Early Church Councils: Was Chiliasm Condemned at Constantinople?, by Francis X. Gumerlock, Saint Louis University] (francisgumerlock.com) | ||
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| + | [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10307a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Millenium and Millenarianism] (newadvent.org) | ||
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| + | [https://bible.org/article/phantom-heresy-did-council-ephesus-431-condemn-chiliasm The Phantom Heresy: Did the Council of Ephesus (431) Condemn Chiliasm?], Michael Svigel | ||
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| + | [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04308b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Second Council of Constantinople (553) Fifth Ecumenical Council] (newadvent.org) | ||
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| + | [http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Georg-Schieferdecker/192170660 Georg Albert Schieferdecker] 19th century (condemnation) Lutheran (zoominfo.com) | ||
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| + | [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40929/40929-h/40929-h.htm The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Transformation of Early Christianity From an Eschatological to a Socialized Movement. Lyford Patterson Edwards, D.D., The University of Chicago. 1919] (gutenberg.org) - Apollinarianism | ||
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| + | [http://www.the-highway.com/chiliasm_Masselink.html "The History of Chiliasm", William Masselink] (the-highway.com) | ||
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| + | [http://mikeblume.com/chiliasm.html There Is No Future Physical Millenium, Mike Blume] (mikeblume.com) | ||
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Revision as of 15:15, December 1, 2015
Chiliasm is the doctrine based on Revelation 20:4-6 that Christ will reign on earth a thousand years.[1] The word chiliasm is from Greek chiliasmos, from chilias, from chilioi thousand. A chiliad is literally a thousand, also a period of a thousand years.
Chiliasm has been condemned as a heresy in the East and West since A.D. 381. It is defended as a true doctrine of Christianity by several Christian denominations and literalist schools of biblical interpretation since the beginning of the Reformation. See
See also
Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)
Reference
- ↑ The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary including Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary, copyright 1966, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 66-21606. page 237a
External links
Rejection of Chiliasm in the East and West since A.D. 381
The Inconsistency of Chiliasm (Orthodox). The Second Ecumenical Council (381) and the Condemnation of Apollinarius (orthodoxphotos.com)
The Inconsistency of Chiliasm, Bishop Alexander (Mileant) - Russian Orthodox (pravoslavie.ru)
Fides et Historia 36:2 (Summer/Fall 2004): 83-95. Millenialism and the Early Church Councils: Was Chiliasm Condemned at Constantinople?, by Francis X. Gumerlock, Saint Louis University (francisgumerlock.com)
Catholic Encyclopedia: Millenium and Millenarianism (newadvent.org)
The Phantom Heresy: Did the Council of Ephesus (431) Condemn Chiliasm?, Michael Svigel
Catholic Encyclopedia: Second Council of Constantinople (553) Fifth Ecumenical Council (newadvent.org)
Georg Albert Schieferdecker 19th century (condemnation) Lutheran (zoominfo.com)
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Transformation of Early Christianity From an Eschatological to a Socialized Movement. Lyford Patterson Edwards, D.D., The University of Chicago. 1919 (gutenberg.org) - Apollinarianism
"The History of Chiliasm", William Masselink (the-highway.com)
There Is No Future Physical Millenium, Mike Blume (mikeblume.com)