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William Miller (February 15, 1782 – December 20, 1849) was an American clergyman who is credited with beginning the mid-19th-century North American religious movement known as Millerism. After his proclamation of the Second Coming did not occur as expected in the 1840s, new heirs of his message emerged, including the Advent Christians (1860 ...
Mar 27, 2024 · William Miller (born Feb. 15, 1782, Pittsfield, Mass., U.S.—died Dec. 20, 1849, Low Hampton, N.Y.) was an American religious enthusiast, leader of a movement called Millerism that sought to revive belief that the bodily arrival (“advent”) of Christ was imminent.
Feb 27, 2023 · One of the most prominent prediction makers was Baptist preacher William Miller. Miller gained a large following, predicting that Christ would return on this day, October 22, 1844. His theories were not far-fetched if one accepted interpretations in vogue through much of church history.
Though never ordained, his status was regularized in 1833 with a license to preach. Then two events combined to give Miller a much larger audience. First, in 1838 he published his Evidence from...
The Great Disappointment in the Millerite movement was the reaction that followed Baptist preacher William Miller's proclamation that Jesus Christ would return to the Earth by 1844, which he called the Second Advent.
William Miller and the Millerite Movement. William Miller’s deep dive into the Bible led him to prophecies about the second coming of Jesus. The more he studied, the more he became convinced that Jesus was coming soon—in fact, in 1843 or 1844.
May 25, 2017 · William Miller, a farmer from New York, began his religious odyssey as a deist. He became a Baptist and began to study the Bible. These studies, notably his reading of prophetic Old Testament books like Daniel, contributed to his understanding of the imminent return of Christ.
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