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millenarianism       Search catalogue 294925783

STA
Approved

UPD
2012-03-23

DUT
geloof in duizendjarig rijk

IND
1

MIS
A belief, widespread among early Christians, that Christ will soon return to reign on earth with his elect for a period of a thousand years preceding the Last Judgment. The idea was fostered by literal interpretations of the Book of Revelation (especially chapter 20) but was rejected by Origen, whose views on the matter became generally accepted... The political frustrations of colonial rule, combined with fundamentalist biblical teaching, fostered millenarianism among the indigenous peoples of Africa and Polynesia, where it sometimes took the form of cargo cults. Contemporary millenarian groups include the adventists and Mormons. (millenarianism. The Macmillan Encyclopedia 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2003, at www.xreferplus.com/entry/510119)

PPN
294925783

UDC
236.95 291.236 299.612.36

MRF
2-175.75

BT1
religious movements

UF
chiliasm
millenarian movements
millennialism
millennium

RT
messianism
Xhosa cattle killing

BSO
06.03 RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND PRACTICE

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