Notes on the History of Chiliasm

Authors

V. A. Mennicke, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

3-1-1942

Document Type

Article

Keywords

jews, zoroaster, millennium, persian, babylon captivity, chiliasm, pagan, daniel, eschatology

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Amid the international upheavals and universal catastrophes we can expect a large-scale revival of chiliastic teachings. Chiliasm arose among a "have-not." people; it usually enjoyed a wide acceptance when nations had been disappointed economically and become unsound theologically; and whenever confessionalism was at low ebb, emotionalism was substituted for the Scriptural teaching on eschatology. The time for a new assault by the forces of chiliasm is ripe. Therewith also the time for a restudy of the history of chiliasm has come.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Mennicke, V. A. (1942) "Notes on the History of Chiliasm," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 13, Article 15.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol13/iss1/15