Russellite movement

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The Russellite movement was an early Bible Student religious movement founded by Charles Taze Russell that emphasized millenarian Bible interpretation and later gave rise to groups such as Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible Student movement ⓘ
Christian millenarian movement ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
associatedWith International Bible Students Association ⓘ
Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society ⓘ
classification Bible Student movement ⓘ
restorationist movement ⓘ
coreText Bible ⓘ
Studies in the Scriptures ⓘ
doctrineIncludes belief in Christ’s invisible presence ⓘ
belief in an approaching millennial kingdom ⓘ
emphasis on restitution of all things ⓘ
rejection of eternal torment in hell ⓘ
emphasis Bible prophecy interpretation ⓘ
end-times chronology ⓘ
imminent Second Coming of Christ ⓘ
foundedBy Charles Taze Russell ⓘ
gaveRiseTo Jehovah’s Witnesses ⓘ
linked to: JehovahsWitnesses

various Bible Student groups ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Russellism ⓘ
early Bible Student movement ⓘ
historicalContext post-Adventist restorationist Christianity ⓘ
influenced Jehovah’s Witnesses eschatology ⓘ
Watch Tower Society theology ⓘ
inspiredBy Adventist teachings ⓘ
keyFigure Charles Taze Russell ⓘ
languageOfEarlyPublications English ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Taze Russell ⓘ
organizationalStructure loosely organized Bible study groups ⓘ
originatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States ⓘ
periodOfProminence 1890s ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
practices distribution of religious literature ⓘ
systematic Bible study ⓘ
preceded Jehovah’s Witnesses ⓘ
linked to: JehovahsWitnesses
regionOfActivity Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
separatedFrom mainline Protestantism ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ
theologicalOrientation millenarianism ⓘ
viewOnAfterlife emphasis on resurrection ⓘ
viewOnSoul rejection of inherent immortality of the soul ⓘ
viewOnTrinity nontrinitarian ⓘ

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