Second Advent movement

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The Second Advent movement was a 19th-century Christian revivalist movement that emphasized the imminent return of Jesus Christ and gave rise to several Adventist denominations.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Second Advent movement canonical 5
Adventist eschatology 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century religious revival ⓘ
Christian religious movement ⓘ
associatedDate 22 October 1844 ⓘ
associatedEvent Great Disappointment ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
doctrine expectation of Christ’s return in the 19th century ⓘ
focus on books of Daniel and Revelation ⓘ
historicist interpretation of biblical prophecy ⓘ
emphasis literal return of Christ to earth ⓘ
nearness of the end of the age ⓘ
geographicSpread Caribbean ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
hasPart Millerite movement ⓘ
influenced Advent Christian Church ⓘ
Adventist denominations ⓘ
Church of God (Seventh Day) ⓘ
Seventh-day Adventist Church ⓘ
various independent Adventist groups ⓘ
inspired Sabbatarian Adventist movement ⓘ
keyFigure Charles Fitch ⓘ
Ellen G. White ⓘ
James White ⓘ
Joseph Bates ⓘ
Joshua V. Himes ⓘ
Josiah Litch ⓘ
William Miller ⓘ
languageOfEarlyPublications English ⓘ
mainBelief imminent Second Coming of Jesus Christ ⓘ
opposedBelief postmillennial optimism about gradual improvement of the world ⓘ
region American Northeast ⓘ
New England ⓘ
religiousOrientation evangelical ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
resultedIn fragmentation into multiple Adventist groups ⓘ
significantPeriod 1830s ⓘ
1840s ⓘ
socialImpact contributed to formation of new denominations ⓘ
stimulated interest in biblical prophecy ⓘ
startTime early 19th century ⓘ
theologicalCategory Adventism ⓘ
typeOfRevivalism apocalyptic ⓘ
millenarian ⓘ
usedMedium religious tracts and newspapers ⓘ
revival preaching ⓘ
viewOnHistory history approaching its climax with Christ’s return ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jonas Wendell → movement → Second Advent movement ⓘ
Investigative judgment → category → Adventist eschatology ⓘ
linked to: Second Advent movement
Joseph Bates → movement → Second Advent movement ⓘ
George Storrs → movement → Second Advent movement ⓘ
Hiram Edson → movement → Second Advent movement ⓘ
The Day of Vengeance → influencedBy → Adventist eschatology ⓘ
linked to: Second Advent movement
Josiah Litch → movement → Second Advent movement ⓘ