chiliasm
61biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
62Cerinthus — • A Gnostic Ebionite heretic, contemporary with St. John; against whose errors on the divinity of Christ the Apostle is said to have written the Fourth Gospel Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cerinthus Cerinthus …
63Dogmatic Theology — • That part of theology which treats of the theoretical truths of faith concerning God and His works Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dogmatic Theology Dogmatic Theology …
64Fathers of the Church — • The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ: Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fathers of the Church …
65Messiah — Messiah † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Messiah (Or Messias.) The Greek form Messias is a transliteration of the Hebrew, Messiah, the anointed . The word appears only twice of the promised prince (Daniel 9:26; Psalm 2:2); yet, when a… …
66St. Papias — St. Papias † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Papias Bishop of Hierapolis (close to Laodicea and Colossae in the valley of the Lycus in Phrygia) and Apostolic Father, called by St. Irenaeus a hearer of John, and companion of Polycarp, a… …
67Li Zehou — b. 1930, Hankou Philosopher, intellectual Li Zehou is arguably the most distinguished and influential modernist philosopher of the last fifty years and one of the very few intellectual figures whose work has acquired an audience outside China.… …
68chiliad — noun a) a group of 1000 things b) a period of 1000 years; a millennium See Also: chiliasm, chiliastic …
69chiliastic — adjective /ˈkɪ.lɪæ.stɪk/ of, or believing a 1000 year period of peace and prosperity; millenarian See Also: chiliasm …
70chiliagon — (Gk., chilioi, 1,000 + gonia, angle) A closed plane figure with 1,000 internal angles (thus almost indistinguishable from a circle). Chiliasm is the doctrine that Christ will come again and reign for 1,000 years, a form of millenarianism …
