Millennialism
A thousand-year reign of Christ — but is it earthly, present, or wholly to come
Millennialism concerns the thousand-year reign of Christ described in Revelation 20. Traditions read it differently. Premillennial writers such as Papias and Irenaeus expected a future earthly reign; Augustine advanced an amillennial view, reading the thousand years symbolically of the present age; postmillennial readings differ again. This early hope, called chiliasm, was influential in the early centuries and later marginalized in much of the Church.
How it traveled
- RevelationPatmos · 100explains
- Dialogue with TryphoRome · 165explains
- The Instructions of Commodianus.— · 220explains
- Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John— · 303explains
- The Church History of EusebiusCaesarea · 339explains
- Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious MenBethlehem · 420explains
- City of GodHippo Regius · 430explains
- A History of the Work of RedemptionNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758applies
Key passages(20)
A History of the Work of Redemption · Jonathan Edwards
A History of the Work of Redemption · Jonathan Edwards
Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin
City of God · Augustine of Hippo
Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John · Victorinus
Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men · Jerome
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
The Instructions of Commodianus. · Commodianus
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea
The Church History of Eusebius · Eusebius of Caesarea