Millerites
Second Coming believers
Millerites were followers of William Miller, an American Baptist preacher who predicted Christ's return in 1843–44.
When the prophecy failed—an event called the Great Disappointment—the movement splintered.
Some Millerites went on to form the Seventh-day Adventist Church and other Adventist denominations.
The term now refers to this historical group rather than any active movement.
Faith expecting Christ's return
- revivalismMovement rekindling religious passion
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- tent meetingsOutdoor religious gatherings
- camp meetingsOutdoor Protestant worship gatherings
Bible study · religious fervor · conversion · believers · followers · disciples · sect · millenarianism
Study of ultimate destiny
- end timesProphesied apocalyptic conclusion
- calculationsMathematical problem-solving work
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
Notable arrival or emergence
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- judgment dayFinal divine assessment
- resurrectionRevival from death
- ArmageddonProphesied ultimate conflict
tribulation · millennium · apocalypse · Christ's return · blessed hope · glorification · immortality · salvation
Bitter loss of faith
- aftermathResults following an event
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- disbandedFormally broken up
- reinterpretationNew understanding of something
remnant · schism · splintering · doubt · perseverance · ridicule · mockery · white robes
Adventism
Faith expecting Christ's return
- revivalismMovement rekindling religious passion
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- tent meetingsOutdoor religious gatherings
camp meetings · Bible study · religious fervor · conversion · believers · followers · disciples · sect · millenarianism · apocalypticism
eschatology
Study of ultimate destiny
- end timesProphesied apocalyptic conclusion
- calculationsMathematical problem-solving work
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
advent
Notable arrival or emergence
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- judgment dayFinal divine assessment
- resurrectionRevival from death
Armageddon · tribulation · millennium · apocalypse · Christ's return · blessed hope · glorification · immortality · salvation · redemption
disillusionment
Bitter loss of faith
reinterpretation · remnant · schism · splintering · doubt · perseverance · ridicule · mockery · white robes · humiliation
health reform
Systemic medical policy change
- Religious MovementsMormons, Protestant Reformation, Mormonism, Counter-Reformation, Methodism
- Religious SectsAmish, Mennonites, Quakers, Shakers, Hutterites
- Sectscult, Gnostics, sect, Shia, Sunni
- Adventist Pioneerspioneers, church founders
- end times believersfuturists, Adventists, doomsday prophets
- Millennialismmillennialism, apocalypticism, postmillennialism, eschatology, end times
MilleritesEpiscopalians
U.S. Anglican church members
Presbyterians · Roman Catholics · established churches · religious establishment · Anglicans
mill, milling, milled, millstone, Miller, millwright, millwork