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chiliasm: see millennium millennium [Lat.,=1,000 years], the period of 1,000 years in which, according to some schools of Christian eschatology, Christ will reign again gloriously on earth. Belief in the millennium, based on Rev. 20, has recurred in Christianity since the earliest times. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A Chiliastic bent (based on Revelations 20:1-5) is evidenced by his positing Christ's birth in 5500 from the Creation and prophesying his return in 6000. This task was made difficult because liberalism, like its adversaries, Nazism and Communism, was also rooted in an essentially secular, enlightenment tradition, but unlike its opponents, stayed clear of chiliastic and teleological codes disguised as history and sociology. While he draws inspiration mainly from Marx, Hashimoto chooses to distance himself from what he sees as the chiliastic aspects of Marx's ideology, such as the inevitability of class struggle, the dictatorship of the proletariat, and the realization of a classless society. |
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