再臨宗,由威廉·米勒在1830年代發起,故又稱米勒派(英語:Millerism),即耶穌再臨論(Adventism),又稱再臨運動復臨運動,是基督新教的分支之一[1],起源於19世紀美國第二次大覺醒時期。耶穌再臨論相信耶穌定會再臨世界,故稱再臨宗

2010年,耶穌再臨論聲稱有2200萬信徒[2]基督復臨安息日會是規模最大的耶穌再臨論教會,也是世界最大的基督宗教教會之一,擁有超過1800萬受洗成員[3]

參考資料

  1. ^ Mead, Frank S; Hill, Samuel S; Atwood, Craig D, Adventist and Sabbatarian (Hebraic) Churches, Handbook of Denominations in the United States 12th, Nashville: Abingdon Press: 256–76 
  2. ^ Christianity report (PDF). [2016-07-16]. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2013-08-05). 
  3. ^ Zylstra, Sarah Eekhoff. "The Season of Adventists: Can Ben Carson's Church Stay Separatist amid Booming Growth?页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)" Christianity Today. 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  • Butler, Jonathan. "From Millerism to Seventh-Day Adventism: Boundlessness to Consolidation", Church History, Vol. 55, 1986
  • Jordan, Anne Devereaux. The Seventh-Day Adventists: A History (1988)
  • Land, Gary. Adventism in America: A History (1998)
  • Land, Gary. Historical Dictionary of the Seventh-Day Adventists (2005)
  • Morgan, Douglas. Adventism and the American Republic: The Public Involvement of a Major Apocalyptic Movement (University of Tennessee Press, 2001) ISBN 1-57233-111-9
  • Tarling, Lowell R. The Edges of Seventh-day Adventism: A Study of Separatist Groups Emerging from the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1844–1980). Barragga Bay, New South Wales: Galilee Publications. 1981: 81. ISBN 0-9593457-0-1. 

外部連結