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Loading... Regnum Caelorum: Patterns of Millennial Thought in Early Christianityby Mr. Charles E. Hill
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The author provides detailed evidence from early church writings to support his thesis that those theologians who believed in an interim heavenly state of existence after death did not believe in a future earthly reign of Christ (millennium), whereas those who believed in a millennium typically held an undeveloped view of the interim state as existence in a subterranean Hades-like place. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Did the early Christians believe that the righteous "went to heaven" at death, or did they believe a subterranean refreshment awaited the saints? Did most Christians look for a millennium on earth, a thousand-year, glorious reign of Christ to ensue upon his second coming and to precede the last judgement, or did they cling to the hope that Christ would judge the world and distribute eternal rewards immediately upon his return? By demonstrating the links between "global" and "individual" eschatological notions in the period from the New Testament to Dionysius of Alexandria, this book reveals two competing patterns of eschatological teaching which vied for acceptance in the fledgling Church. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)236.09Religions Christian doctrinal theology Eschatology; Death; JudgmentLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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