Millerite movement
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The Millerite movement was a 19th-century American Protestant revivalist movement led by William Miller that fervently anticipated the imminent Second Coming of Christ and sparked the later development of several Adventist denominations.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Millerite Advent movement of the 1840s | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Protestant movement
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religious movement ⓘ revivalist movement ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
imminent Second Coming of Christ
ⓘ
premillennialism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfEvent | 1844-10-22 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1840s ⓘ |
| estimatedFollowers | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| eventDescription | expected visible return of Christ on October 22, 1844 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | William Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDoctrine |
calculation of prophetic time periods
ⓘ
historicist interpretation of prophecy ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson |
Ellen G. White
NERFINISHED
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James White NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ Joshua V. Himes NERFINISHED ⓘ William Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Second Great Awakening NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Advent Christian Church
NERFINISHED
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Church of God (Adventist) NERFINISHED ⓘ Evangelical Adventist Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Life and Advent Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Seventh-day Adventist Church NERFINISHED ⓘ various Adventist denominations ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Book of Daniel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Revelation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
development of distinctive Adventist eschatology
ⓘ
formation of organized Adventist churches ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| mediaUsed |
newspapers
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religious tracts ⓘ revival meetings ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Great Disappointment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | many mainline Protestant churches ⓘ |
| peakPeriod | early 1840s ⓘ |
| regionActiveIn |
Mid-Atlantic United States
NERFINISHED
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New England NERFINISHED ⓘ upstate New York ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| resultOfEvent |
fragmentation into multiple Adventist groups
ⓘ
widespread disillusionment among followers ⓘ |
| socialCharacteristic |
interdenominational membership
ⓘ
lay-led Bible study emphasis ⓘ |
| startTime | 1830s ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | Adventism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedMethod | biblical prophecy interpretation ⓘ |
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Millerite Advent movement of the 1840s