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postmillennialism
[ pohst-mi-len-ee-uh-liz-uhm ]
noun
- the doctrine or belief that the second coming of Christ will follow the millennium.
postmillennialism
/ ˌpəʊstmɪˈlɛnɪəˌlɪzəm /
noun
- the doctrine or belief that the Second Coming of Christ will be preceded by the millennium
Derived Forms
- ˌpostmilˈlennialist, noun
Other Words From
- postmil·lenni·al·ist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of postmillennialism1
Example Sentences
Postmillennialism: The belief that Jesus will return to Earth after the "millennium," a thousand-year messianic age in which Christian ethics prosper.
Postmillennialism encourages a much more socially and politically activist orientation than premillennialism,
In Christian Reconstructionist postmillennialism, the “dominion mandate” is thwarted by the Fall but restored with the Resurrection.
In Mr. Gerson’s retelling of American religious history, liberal Christians “found better things to do with their Sundays than attend progressive services” and abandoned key Christian tenets: “Many combined their faith with the Social Gospel — a postmillennialism drained of the miraculous, with social reform taking the place of the Second Coming.”
As conservative evangelicals embraced premillennialism and more liberal Christians turned toward postmillennialism, their approach toward aiding the poor changed in accordance with their beliefs.
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