Term
Millenarian/Millennianism (Ch. 24)
A doctrine derived from Jewish apocalyptic speculation asserting a thousand-year reign of the saints before the reign of Christ.
Filed underEschatology
Definition
A doctrine derived from Jewish apocalyptic speculation, according to which there would be a thousand-year (millennium) reign of the saints before the reign of Christ.
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Sources
- 1.Alan Richardson and John Bowden The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983). 369Original citation: Richardson, Alan, and John Bowden. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983, 369.
Last revised August 14, 2026