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| − | '''Chiliasm''' is the doctrine based on [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelation%2020:4-6&version=NABRE 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 [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=revelation%2020:4-6&version=NABRE 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.<ref>[http://kenfortier.com/site/images/articles/A%20Preliminary%20Study%20of%20the%20Greek%20Words%20updated.pdf A Preliminary Study of the Greek Words Xilias and Chilioi, by Kenneth Fortier] pdf. (kenfortier.com)</ref> 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 [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]]. See [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)#12 schools of interpretation|12 schools of interpretation]] and [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)#Millennium|Millennium]] | 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 [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)#12 schools of interpretation|12 schools of interpretation]] and [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)#Millennium|Millennium]] | ||
Revision as of 16:16, 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.[2] 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 12 schools of interpretation and Millennium
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
- ↑ A Preliminary Study of the Greek Words Xilias and Chilioi, by Kenneth Fortier pdf. (kenfortier.com)
External links
Commentaries verse by verse
BibleHub multiple commentaries (biblehub.com) includes access links to: • Alford • Barnes • Bengel • Benson • BI • Bonar • Cambridge • Clarke • Darby • Ellicott • Expositor's • Exp Dct • Exp Grk • Gaebelein • GSB • Gill • Gray • Guzik • Haydock • Hastings • Homiletics • ICC • JFB • Kelly • KJT • Lange • MacLaren • MHC • MHCW • Meyer • Newell • Parker • PNT • Poole • Pulpit • Sermon • SCO • TTB • VWS • WES • TSK
New American Bible, Revised Edition NABRE: Book of Revelation (usccb.org)
Scofield Reference Bible Notes: Revelation (biblestudytools.com)
Book of Revelation. eCampus.com at (biblestudytools.com) Table of contents outline with links to particular sections of the book of Revelation. Each accessed link to the NIV text offers links to several online classical commentaries on that particular passage.
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)