Millerite movement

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The Millerite movement was a 19th-century American Protestant revivalist movement led by William Miller that fervently anticipated the imminent Second Coming of Christ and sparked the later development of several Adventist denominations.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Millerite movement canonical 22
Millerism 1
Millerite Advent movement of the 1840s 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant movement
religious movement
revivalist movement
coreBelief imminent Second Coming of Christ
premillennialism
countryOfOrigin United States
dateOfEvent 1844-10-22
endTime 1840s
estimatedFollowers tens of thousands
eventDescription expected visible return of Christ on October 22, 1844
foundedBy William Miller
hasDoctrine calculation of prophetic time periods
historicist interpretation of prophecy
hasKeyPerson Ellen G. White
James White
Joseph Bates
Joshua V. Himes
William Miller
historicalContext Second Great Awakening
influenced Advent Christian Church
Church of God (Adventist)
Evangelical Adventist Church
Life and Advent Union
Seventh-day Adventist Church
various Adventist denominations
inspiredBy Book of Daniel
Book of Revelation
legacy development of distinctive Adventist eschatology
formation of organized Adventist churches
locatedInTime 19th century
mediaUsed newspapers
religious tracts
revival meetings
namedAfter William Miller
notableEvent Great Disappointment
opposedBy many mainline Protestant churches
peakPeriod early 1840s
regionActiveIn Mid-Atlantic United States
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states

New England
upstate New York
religion Protestantism
resultOfEvent fragmentation into multiple Adventist groups
widespread disillusionment among followers
socialCharacteristic interdenominational membership
lay-led Bible study emphasis
startTime 1830s
theologicalTradition Adventism
usedMethod biblical prophecy interpretation

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Sanctuary doctrine developedFrom Millerite movement
Ellen G. White movement Millerite movement
James White movement Millerite movement
James White convertedInContextOf Millerite movement
Uriah Smith movement Millerite movement
Joseph Bates formerAffiliation Millerite movement
Joseph Bates participatedIn Millerite Advent movement of the 1840s
linked to: Millerite movement
George Storrs wasMemberOf Millerite movement
Second Advent movement hasPart Millerite movement
1844 Great Disappointment religiousMovement Millerism
linked to: Millerite movement
Great Disappointment associatedWithMovement Millerite movement
O. R. L. Crosier associatedWith Millerite movement
James Springer White baptizedInto Millerite movement
Ellen Gould Harmon movement Millerite movement
Adventism historicalRoot Millerite movement
Hiram Edson religiousMovement Millerite movement
William Miller movement Millerite movement
William Miller notableWork Millerite movement
John Nevins Andrews movement Millerite movement
Joshua V. Himes movement Millerite movement
Charles Fitch movement Millerite movement
Advent Christian Church emergedFrom Millerite movement
Josiah Litch movement Millerite movement
Josiah Litch affiliation Millerite Adventist movement
linked to: Millerite movement