Millerite movement

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The Millerite movement was a 19th-century American Protestant revivalist movement led by William Miller that fervently anticipated the imminent Second Coming of Christ and sparked the later development of several Adventist denominations.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Millerite movement canonical 22
Millerism 1
Millerite Advent movement of the 1840s 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant movement ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
revivalist movement ⓘ
coreBelief imminent Second Coming of Christ ⓘ
premillennialism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1844-10-22 ⓘ
endTime 1840s ⓘ
estimatedFollowers tens of thousands ⓘ
eventDescription expected visible return of Christ on October 22, 1844 ⓘ
foundedBy William Miller ⓘ
hasDoctrine calculation of prophetic time periods ⓘ
historicist interpretation of prophecy ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Ellen G. White ⓘ
James White ⓘ
Joseph Bates ⓘ
Joshua V. Himes ⓘ
William Miller ⓘ
historicalContext Second Great Awakening ⓘ
influenced Advent Christian Church ⓘ
Church of God (Adventist) ⓘ
Evangelical Adventist Church ⓘ
Life and Advent Union ⓘ
Seventh-day Adventist Church ⓘ
various Adventist denominations ⓘ
inspiredBy Book of Daniel ⓘ
Book of Revelation ⓘ
legacy development of distinctive Adventist eschatology ⓘ
formation of organized Adventist churches ⓘ
locatedInTime 19th century ⓘ
mediaUsed newspapers ⓘ
religious tracts ⓘ
revival meetings ⓘ
namedAfter William Miller ⓘ
notableEvent Great Disappointment ⓘ
opposedBy many mainline Protestant churches ⓘ
peakPeriod early 1840s ⓘ
regionActiveIn Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states

New England ⓘ
upstate New York ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
resultOfEvent fragmentation into multiple Adventist groups ⓘ
widespread disillusionment among followers ⓘ
socialCharacteristic interdenominational membership ⓘ
lay-led Bible study emphasis ⓘ
startTime 1830s ⓘ
theologicalTradition Adventism ⓘ
usedMethod biblical prophecy interpretation ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

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

Sanctuary doctrine → developedFrom → Millerite movement ⓘ
Ellen G. White → movement → Millerite movement ⓘ
James White → movement → Millerite movement ⓘ
James White → convertedInContextOf → Millerite movement ⓘ
Uriah Smith → movement → Millerite movement ⓘ
Joseph Bates → formerAffiliation → Millerite movement ⓘ
Joseph Bates → participatedIn → Millerite Advent movement of the 1840s ⓘ
linked to: Millerite movement
George Storrs → wasMemberOf → Millerite movement ⓘ
Second Advent movement → hasPart → Millerite movement ⓘ
1844 Great Disappointment → religiousMovement → Millerism ⓘ
linked to: Millerite movement
Great Disappointment → associatedWithMovement → Millerite movement ⓘ
O. R. L. Crosier → associatedWith → Millerite movement ⓘ
James Springer White → baptizedInto → Millerite movement ⓘ
Ellen Gould Harmon → movement → Millerite movement ⓘ
Adventism → historicalRoot → Millerite movement ⓘ
Hiram Edson → religiousMovement → Millerite movement ⓘ
William Miller → movement → Millerite movement ⓘ
William Miller → notableWork → Millerite movement ⓘ
John Nevins Andrews → movement → Millerite movement ⓘ
Joshua V. Himes → movement → Millerite movement ⓘ
Charles Fitch → movement → Millerite movement ⓘ
Advent Christian Church → emergedFrom → Millerite movement ⓘ
Josiah Litch → movement → Millerite movement ⓘ
Josiah Litch → affiliation → Millerite Adventist movement ⓘ
linked to: Millerite movement