Summary of Objections to Premillenarianism
The Protestant churches of the United States are facing a crisis in religion. On the one side is the continuation of the historical development of our faith, as organized by the centuries of Christian thought and experience. On the other side is the reappearance, with the aid of a heavily financed p...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
1919
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The biblical world
Year: 1919, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-173 |
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| Summary: | The Protestant churches of the United States are facing a crisis in religion. On the one side is the continuation of the historical development of our faith, as organized by the centuries of Christian thought and experience. On the other side is the reappearance, with the aid of a heavily financed propaganda, of doctrines which are neither true to the facts of human life, to the great confessions of the churches, nor to the spirit of revelation. We do not question the sincerity or the moral earnestness of those who favor this revival of chiliasm. Many of its advocates are successful evangelists, possessed of real piety. This is, however, not a matter of merely theological difference between the so-called orthodox and liberal. It is radical distinction between two conceptions of the nature and central beliefs of the Christian religion. We continue the discussion, not for the purpose of theological polemic, but in order to assure an intelligent understanding of the points at issue and the dangers with which this propaganda threatens the church. The one view of Christianity extends the principles of our religion into the great processes of human thought and social transformation. The other would make, to quote one of its formulas, "all human schemes of reconstruction . . . . subsidiary to the second coming of our Lord, because all nations will then be subject to his rule." |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The biblical world
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/476205 |