Foreword by Crawford Gribben

Gribben, Crawford

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“…33 The 1599 edition of the Geneva Bible also included new notes on Revelation from the Huguenot Franciscus Junius (1545-1602). 34 Junius's commentary included a chart where readers were invited to insert current events into a blank column as they noticed Revelation's prophecies being fulfilled. 35 And on the continent, the Reformed German scholar Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588-1638) in his Methodus Sacrosanctae Theologiae (1614) speculated that the seven trumpets of Revelation represented future heresies, and the seven vials future disasters for the Papacy.…”

Section: Roots Of Revivalist Millennialismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…34 Junius's commentary included a chart where readers were invited to insert current events into a blank column as they noticed Revelation's prophecies being fulfilled. 35 And on the continent, the Reformed German scholar Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588-1638) in his Methodus Sacrosanctae Theologiae (1614) speculated that the seven trumpets of Revelation represented future heresies, and the seven vials future disasters for the Papacy. 36 However, the most famous proponent of a revived millennialism was Joseph Mede (1586-1639).…”

Section: Roots Of Revivalist Millennialismmentioning

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Inventing Revivalist Millennialism: Edwards and the Scottish Connection

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Journal of Religious History

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Revivalism and millennialism are important concepts that influence contemporary evangelicalism. However it was in the Great Awakening that Jonathan Edwards and select Scottish ministers first connected revivalism and millennialism together in a new evangelical print culture. Evangelical ministers used publications and personal correspondence to hypothesise that the current Atlantic revivals were signs pointing towards Christ's millennial kingdom. The 1740s stands as a unique decade where evangelical ministers created an influential synthesis of revivalism, social progress, and millennialism. The revivalist and millennial synthesis was a harbinger of the evangelical future for religious movements in both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 52 , revealed how John Witherspoon (1723-1794) synthesised political and theological concerns for a transatlantic community by attempting to connect Scottish covenanter ideas with support for American independence. 53

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Section: Roots Of Revivalist Millennialismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Roots Of Revivalist Millennialismmentioning

confidence: 99%