再临宗
再临宗,由威廉·米勒在1830年代发起,故又称米勒派(英语:Millerism),即耶稣再临论(Adventism),又称再临运动、复临运动,是基督新教的分支之一[1],起源于19世纪美国第二次大觉醒时期。耶稣再临论相信耶稣定会再临世界,故称再临宗。
2010年,耶稣再临论声称有2200万信徒[2]。基督复临安息日会是规模最大的耶稣再临论教会,也是世界最大的基督宗教教会之一,拥有超过1800万受洗成员[3]。
参考资料
- ^ Mead, Frank S; Hill, Samuel S; Atwood, Craig D, Adventist and Sabbatarian (Hebraic) Churches, Handbook of Denominations in the United States 12th, Nashville: Abingdon Press: 256–76
- ^ Christianity report (PDF). [2016-07-16]. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2013-08-05).
- ^ Zylstra, Sarah Eekhoff. "The Season of Adventists: Can Ben Carson's Church Stay Separatist amid Booming Growth? (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)" Christianity Today. 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- Butler, Jonathan. "From Millerism to Seventh-Day Adventism: Boundlessness to Consolidation", Church History, Vol. 55, 1986
- Jordan, Anne Devereaux. The Seventh-Day Adventists: A History (1988)
- Land, Gary. Adventism in America: A History (1998)
- Land, Gary. Historical Dictionary of the Seventh-Day Adventists (2005)
- Morgan, Douglas. Adventism and the American Republic: The Public Involvement of a Major Apocalyptic Movement (University of Tennessee Press, 2001) ISBN 1-57233-111-9
- Tarling, Lowell R. The Edges of Seventh-day Adventism: A Study of Separatist Groups Emerging from the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1844–1980). Barragga Bay, New South Wales: Galilee Publications. 1981: 81. ISBN 0-9593457-0-1.
外部链接
- History of the Millerite Movement, a reprint from the Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia 10:892–898, 1976.
- Graphical timeline of major Millerite groups from the Worldwide Church of God official website
- Seventh-day Adventist Beliefs (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), list of beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church movement.