再臨宗
再臨宗，由威廉·米勒在1830年代發起，故又稱米勒派（英語：Millerism），即耶穌再臨論（Adventism），又稱再臨運動、復臨運動，是基督新教的分支之一[1]，起源於19世紀美國第二次大覺醒時期。耶穌再臨論相信耶穌定會再臨世界，故稱再臨宗。
2010年，耶穌再臨論聲稱有2200萬信徒[2]。基督復臨安息日會是規模最大的耶穌再臨論教會，也是世界最大的基督宗教教會之一，擁有超過1800萬受洗成員[3]。
參考資料
編輯- ^ 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]. （原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2013-08-05）.
- ^ Zylstra, Sarah Eekhoff. "The Season of Adventists: Can Ben Carson's Church Stay Separatist amid Booming Growth? （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）" 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.
外部連結
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- 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 （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）, list of beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church movement.