millerism

Fitch's most notable contribution to Millerism came in the summer of 1843.

Himes' promotional work brought Millerism to the attention of the world.

Improbable and bizarre as the movement seemed, Millerism had instant appeal.

Her family's involvement with Millerism caused their disfellowship by the local Methodist church.

From 1840 onward, Millerism was transformed from an "obscure, regional movement into a national campaign."

Pyper had been influenced by the Millerism viewpoint.

The religions addressed include Millerism and Sabbatai Sevi.

Inevitably, however, Millerism turned into an object lesson in the danger of interpreting the mythos of the Bible literally.

"A Definitive History of Millerism."

Miller's historicist approach to the Book of Daniel spawned a national movement in the United States known as Millerism.

Millenial Invasion: Millerism in the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada.

"From Millerism to Seventh-Day Adventism: 'boundlessness to consolidation'".

Millerism became extremely popular in western New York State, and some views remain active in church organizations affilitiated with Adventism.

In light of this, the Bible Student Movement was influenced by Adventists roots, but did not emerge from the Millerism movement.

Barbour was introduced to Millerism through the efforts of a Mr. Johnson who lectured at Geneseo, in the winter of 1842.

"From Millerism to Seventh-Day Adventism: Boundlessness to Consolidation", Church History, Vol.

Including Greek mythology, Millerism, Roman mythology, Sabbatai Sevi, and Norse mythology.

One reason was the earthquake and tsunami of 1837 which caused some to believe (as preached by Millerism) that a new Advent of Christ would arrive in 1843.

Perhaps the pre-Civil War religious movements that Delbanco briefly mentions in his second lecture - Mormonism, Millerism and the like - would have been more suitable subjects than Puritanism.

After nightfall at the beach Stix initiates a sententious dialogue with the hobo, the first four lines of which gives a sense of GQ's Arthur Millerism: "Can't sleep?"

Many more well-known religions have branched off from Millerism, including the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which was founded by a former female Millerite, and currently has 15 million adherents in America.

Spiritualism first appeared in the 1840s in the "Burned-over District" of upstate New York, where earlier religious movements such as Millerism, and Mormonism had emerged during the Second Great Awakening.

Millerism had been founded on Miller's open, non-restrictive approach to Bible study--"It was the freedom to discover new truths that had drawn so many Christians and Freewill Baptists to the movement.

Owing to the quality of the jokes in Mottley's book, their number increasing with each of the many subsequent editions, any time-worn jest came to be called "a Joe Miller", a Joe-Millerism, or simply a Millerism.

Rev. of Millennial Fever and the End of the World: A Comprehensive Survey of Millerism and America's Fascination with the Millennium in the Nineteenth Century, by George R. Knight.