Category: Historical Theology
Trinitarian Spirit: Trinitarian Formulas
This blog on Trinitarian Formulas is one of a series on the Trinity. And the series is itself a section on a series on “The Person and Work of the Spirit.”
Chiliasm (Part 9): Aftermath of Early Chiliasm
Sibylline Oracles Hellenistic Judaism’s Usage The Sibylline Oracles had a long lineage going back even to the Greek oracles of Delphi. Hellenistic Judaism had adapted…
Chiliasm (Part 8): Christian Opposition
The third century saw the first concerted moves to discredit chiliasm. Origin, with his Greek imagination, was more taken with the prospects of progress in…
Chiliasm (Part 7): Tertullian, Lactantius, and Others
Tertullian Tertullian, who followed the Montanists, after establishing the reality of Christ’s heavenly kingdom, went on to caution that this does not exclude the earthly…
Chiliasm (Part 6): Irenaeus and Hippolytus
Irenaeus Heresy Fighter As Bishop of Lyon and a distinguished theologian, Irenaeus probably did more than anyone else to establish chiliasm in the west. He…
Chiliasm (Part 5): Justin Martyr
Defense of Chiliasm Whereas Papias had assumed a chiliastic doctrine, with no concern to defend it, Justin formulated a biblical defense of chiliasm, which he…
Chiliasm (Part 4): Papias
Papias’s chiliasm and his tie with the apostles’ teaching.
Chiliasm (Part 3): New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Relevant New Testament Texts Outside the book of Revelation, there are few New Testament references to a possible messianic interregnum. First Corinthians 15:23–28 (cf. Col…
Chiliasm (Part 2): Background
Jewish background to Christian chiliasm