"amillennialism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From a- + millennial + -ism. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|a|millennial|ism}} a- + millennial + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} amillennialism (uncountable)
  1. (Christianity) A view in Christian eschatology that rejects the claimed future thousand-year physical reign of Jesus Christ on the earth, in opposition to premillennial and some postmillennial views of the Book of Revelation, chapter 20, claiming instead that the number of years in Revelation 20 is a symbolic number and that Christ's eventual physical reign will be permanent. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity Related terms: amillennialist, postmillennialism, premillennialism Translations (view in Christian eschatology that rejects the claimed future thousand-year physical reign of Jesus Christ on the earth): amilenismo [masculine] (Portuguese)
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