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John Shepard

April 8, 2002

History of Eschatology

The purpose of this article is to give supporting information about the history of end-time views, particularly as they relate to amillennialism and premillennialism.

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Summary

It is important to discuss what the early church fathers had to say about eschatology and end-time prophecy for several reasons:

• They had a perspective closer in time to the apostles.
• They had a frame of reference which reflects the culture at a time period closer to the writing of the New Testament.
• If they consistently agree about certain issues then we ought to spend extra effort studying these issues if we choose to take an opposing viewpoint.
• Premillennialists often claim that the early church fathers were premillennial.
• The Jews had certain viewpoints regarding the millennium and the end-times that we should consider.

Links

Chiliasm of Early Church Fathers

Jewish Millennial Concepts