Christ’s Second Appearing
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Christ’s Second Appearing is the Shaker doctrine that Christ has returned in a spiritual, non-physical form—most fully manifested in their founder Mother Ann Lee—ushering in a new gospel age of communal, celibate, and egalitarian living.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Christ’s Second Appearing canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christ’s Second Appearing Context triple: [Shakers, coreBelief, Christ’s Second Appearing]
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A.
Gospel of the Resurrection
The Gospel of the Resurrection is the New Testament account of Christ’s rising from the dead, proclaimed liturgically as the central scriptural focus of Easter.
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B.
The Glory of Christ
The Glory of Christ is a classic work of Reformed Christian theology by John Owen that meditates on the person and work of Jesus Christ and the believer’s beholding of His glory.
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C.
Kingship of Jesus
The Kingship of Jesus is a Christian theological concept that proclaims Jesus Christ as the sovereign, divinely appointed ruler over all creation and the spiritual King of believers.
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D.
Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching
Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching is an early Christian theological treatise by Irenaeus of Lyons that systematically explains and defends the core doctrines of the apostolic faith.
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E.
Last Gospel
The Last Gospel is a traditional reading of the prologue of the Gospel of John that concludes the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christ’s Second Appearing Target entity description: Christ’s Second Appearing is the Shaker doctrine that Christ has returned in a spiritual, non-physical form—most fully manifested in their founder Mother Ann Lee—ushering in a new gospel age of communal, celibate, and egalitarian living.
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A.
Gospel of the Resurrection
The Gospel of the Resurrection is the New Testament account of Christ’s rising from the dead, proclaimed liturgically as the central scriptural focus of Easter.
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B.
The Glory of Christ
The Glory of Christ is a classic work of Reformed Christian theology by John Owen that meditates on the person and work of Jesus Christ and the believer’s beholding of His glory.
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C.
Kingship of Jesus
The Kingship of Jesus is a Christian theological concept that proclaims Jesus Christ as the sovereign, divinely appointed ruler over all creation and the spiritual King of believers.
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D.
Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching
Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching is an early Christian theological treatise by Irenaeus of Lyons that systematically explains and defends the core doctrines of the apostolic faith.
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E.
Last Gospel
The Last Gospel is a traditional reading of the prologue of the Gospel of John that concludes the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shaker belief
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religious doctrine ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
creation of heaven-on-earth style communal order
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restoration of apostolic purity ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Ann Lee ⓘ |
| associatedPersonRole | founder of the Shakers ⓘ |
| associatedWith | United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing ⓘ |
| category | Christian new religious movement doctrine ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | literalist millenarianism focused on external cataclysmic events ⓘ |
| coreClaim | Christ has returned in a spiritual, non-physical form ⓘ |
| denies | future physical Second Coming as primary mode of Christ’s return ⓘ |
| distinguishesFrom | mainstream Protestant expectation of a future bodily return of Christ ⓘ |
| emphasizes | present spiritual advent of Christ ⓘ |
| eschatologicalStatus | marks beginning of millennial age for believers ⓘ |
| ethicalConsequence |
pacifism and nonviolence in many Shaker communities
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rejection of marriage within the community ⓘ simplicity and industry as religious duties ⓘ |
| genderDoctrine |
Christ manifests in both male and female
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female embodiment of Christ in Mother Ann Lee ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopmentPlace | North America ⓘ |
| historicalOriginPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| historicalOriginPlace | England ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Quaker spirituality
ⓘ
radical Protestant apocalypticism ⓘ |
| interpretsAs | Second Coming realized in a spiritual dispensation ⓘ |
| manifestedIn |
Ann Lee
ⓘ
surface form:
Mother Ann Lee
|
| moralImplication |
call to celibacy
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call to communal living ⓘ call to gender egalitarianism ⓘ separation from “the world” ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Shaker
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surface form:
Shakerism
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| resultsIn | new gospel dispensation ⓘ |
| scripturalBasis | New Testament Second Coming passages reinterpreted spiritually ⓘ |
| scripturalHermeneutic | allegorical and spiritual reading of apocalyptic texts ⓘ |
| selfDesignation |
United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing
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surface form:
“United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing”
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| shortName |
Shaker
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surface form:
Shakerism
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| socialPractice |
celibate lifestyle
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communal property ⓘ ordered communal villages ⓘ strict gender equality in spiritual status ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
Second Coming of Christ
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spiritualized eschatology ⓘ |
| understoodAs | new gospel age ⓘ |
| viewOfAnnLee |
Ann Lee as chosen vessel of Christ’s Second Appearing
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Ann Lee as spiritual mother ⓘ |
| viewOfChurch | Shaker communities as visible expression of the new gospel age ⓘ |
| viewOfSalvationHistory | two gospel ages culminating in the Second Appearing ⓘ |
| worshipExpression |
ecstatic worship and inspired dancing
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spirit gifts and visionary experiences ⓘ |
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Subject: Christ’s Second Appearing Description of subject: Christ’s Second Appearing is the Shaker doctrine that Christ has returned in a spiritual, non-physical form—most fully manifested in their founder Mother Ann Lee—ushering in a new gospel age of communal, celibate, and egalitarian living.
Referenced by (2)
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subject surface form:
Shakers