Predictions of Armageddon in cronological order. (source unknown)
Relavent to my intrests as I'm doing that Humanities course thingy.
This might be of intrest if you've heard about the impending trainwreck of 'family radio', specifically the May 21 rapture.
Its important to note that even in the couple centuries before Emperor Constantine in 312 AD, christian cults were convinced that it was the end times (which would be a running theme, waxing and waning in intensity from then on). Predictions were common and violent matyrdom was openly encouraged. It meant instant paradise and virgins aplenty. Noone wanted to risk waiting in a grave for judgement day.
But known predictions are:
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365 AD: Hilary of Poitiers, announced that the end would happen that year. It didn't.
375 to 400 AD: Saint Martin of Tours, said the end would happen sometime before 400 AD.
500 AD: An earlier Christian academic Sextus Julius Africanus had predicted Armageddon at about this year.
968 AD: An eclipse was interpreted as a prelude to the end of the world by the army of the German emperor Otto III.
992 AD: Good Friday coincided with the Feast of the Annunciation; this had long been believed to be the event that would bring forth the Antichrist, and thus the end-times events.
1000-JAN-1: Many Christians in Europe had predicted the end of the world on this date. Serious criticism of the Church followed. The Church reacted by exterminating some heretics. Agitation settled down quickly, as it later did in the year 2000.
1033: Some believed this to be the 1000th anniversary of the death and resurrection of Jesus. His second coming was anticipated. Jesus' supposed date of execution is unknown, but was believed to be in the range of 27 to 33 CE.
1147: Gerard of Poehlde decided the world end was expected in 1306 CE.
1179: John of Toledo predicted the end of the world during 1186. This estimate was based on the alignment of many planets.
1205: Joachim of Fiore predicted in 1190 that the Antichrist was already in the world, and that King Richard of England would defeat him.
1284: Pope Innocent III computed this date by adding 666 years onto the date the Islam was founded.
1346 and later: The black plague spread across Europe, killing one third of the population. This was seen as the prelude to an immediate end of the world.
1524: Many astrologers predicted the imminent end of the world.
1533: Melchior Hoffman predicted that Jesus' return would happen a millennium and a half after the nominal date of his execution, in 1533.
1669: The Old Believers in Russia believed that the end of the world would occur in this year. 20 thousand burned themselves to death between 1669 and 1690 to protect themselves from the Antichrist.
1689: Benjamin Keach, a 17th century Baptist, predicted the end of the world for this year.
1736: British theologian and mathematician William Whitson predicted a great flood similar to Noah's for OCT-13 of this year.
1792: This was the date of the end of the world calculated by some believers in the Shaker movement.
1794: Charles Wesley, one of the founders of Methodism, thought Doomsday would be in this year.
1830: Margaret McDonald, a Christian prophetess, predicted that Robert Owen would be the Antichrist. Owen helped found New Harmony, IN.
1832?: Joseph Smith (1805-1844) was the founder of the Church of Christ, predicted Jesus would return during 1890.
1843-MAR-21: William Miller, founder of the Millerite movement, predicted that Jesus would come on this date. A very large number of Christians accepted his prophecy.
1850: Ellen White, founder of the Seven Day Adventists movement, made many predictions of the timing of the end of the world. All failed.
1914 was one of the more important estimates of the start of the war of Armageddon by the Jehovah's Witnesses.
1915, 1918, 1920, 1925, 1941, 1975 and 1994, all predicted to be the return of Christ.
Also the year 2000, 2004, 2005 were all predicted/prophesied to be 'the end' when Christ returns.
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This might be of intrest if you've heard about the impending trainwreck of 'family radio', specifically the May 21 rapture.
Its important to note that even in the couple centuries before Emperor Constantine in 312 AD, christian cults were convinced that it was the end times (which would be a running theme, waxing and waning in intensity from then on). Predictions were common and violent matyrdom was openly encouraged. It meant instant paradise and virgins aplenty. Noone wanted to risk waiting in a grave for judgement day.
But known predictions are:
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365 AD: Hilary of Poitiers, announced that the end would happen that year. It didn't.
375 to 400 AD: Saint Martin of Tours, said the end would happen sometime before 400 AD.
500 AD: An earlier Christian academic Sextus Julius Africanus had predicted Armageddon at about this year.
968 AD: An eclipse was interpreted as a prelude to the end of the world by the army of the German emperor Otto III.
992 AD: Good Friday coincided with the Feast of the Annunciation; this had long been believed to be the event that would bring forth the Antichrist, and thus the end-times events.
1000-JAN-1: Many Christians in Europe had predicted the end of the world on this date. Serious criticism of the Church followed. The Church reacted by exterminating some heretics. Agitation settled down quickly, as it later did in the year 2000.
1033: Some believed this to be the 1000th anniversary of the death and resurrection of Jesus. His second coming was anticipated. Jesus' supposed date of execution is unknown, but was believed to be in the range of 27 to 33 CE.
1147: Gerard of Poehlde decided the world end was expected in 1306 CE.
1179: John of Toledo predicted the end of the world during 1186. This estimate was based on the alignment of many planets.
1205: Joachim of Fiore predicted in 1190 that the Antichrist was already in the world, and that King Richard of England would defeat him.
1284: Pope Innocent III computed this date by adding 666 years onto the date the Islam was founded.
1346 and later: The black plague spread across Europe, killing one third of the population. This was seen as the prelude to an immediate end of the world.
1524: Many astrologers predicted the imminent end of the world.
1533: Melchior Hoffman predicted that Jesus' return would happen a millennium and a half after the nominal date of his execution, in 1533.
1669: The Old Believers in Russia believed that the end of the world would occur in this year. 20 thousand burned themselves to death between 1669 and 1690 to protect themselves from the Antichrist.
1689: Benjamin Keach, a 17th century Baptist, predicted the end of the world for this year.
1736: British theologian and mathematician William Whitson predicted a great flood similar to Noah's for OCT-13 of this year.
1792: This was the date of the end of the world calculated by some believers in the Shaker movement.
1794: Charles Wesley, one of the founders of Methodism, thought Doomsday would be in this year.
1830: Margaret McDonald, a Christian prophetess, predicted that Robert Owen would be the Antichrist. Owen helped found New Harmony, IN.
1832?: Joseph Smith (1805-1844) was the founder of the Church of Christ, predicted Jesus would return during 1890.
1843-MAR-21: William Miller, founder of the Millerite movement, predicted that Jesus would come on this date. A very large number of Christians accepted his prophecy.
1850: Ellen White, founder of the Seven Day Adventists movement, made many predictions of the timing of the end of the world. All failed.
1914 was one of the more important estimates of the start of the war of Armageddon by the Jehovah's Witnesses.
1915, 1918, 1920, 1925, 1941, 1975 and 1994, all predicted to be the return of Christ.
Also the year 2000, 2004, 2005 were all predicted/prophesied to be 'the end' when Christ returns.
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