« Say what? Language in 2005.
Examining Assemblies of God statistics on growth »

Jan Matthijs

January 1st, 2006 @ 1:00 am by Rich | | Comments: none
Filed under: ChurchRodent

In 1532, when the Reformation spread rapidly throughout Munster, an episcopal city in Westphalia near the Netherlands, a conservative Lutheran group was at first strong there. But new immigrants who were apostles of Jan Matthijs led to fanaticism among those in power. Many looked for the creation of the Lord’s earthly kingdom in Munster, called chiliasm, meaning belief in a thousand-year earthly kingdom of Christ.

 
TAGS!View and browse tags for this post…

Tag Browser

Tags:
ChurchRodent BlogRodent church history history Jan Matthijs Reformation

Suspiciously Similar Posts

The machine does this. Your mileage may vary

Munster Rebellion (0 comments) Billy Graham (0 comments) Millennialism (0 comments) Waldenses (0 comments) Albigenses (0 comments) The Silent William (0 comments) Innocent X (0 comments)
Join the dialog! You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
TrackBack URL: http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/01/jan-matthijs/trackback/

No Comments Yet

You can be the first to comment!

Skip ahead to the comment form …

Subscribe to this post's comment feed via RSS Subscribe to this post's comments feed via RSS.
Subscribe to all comments via RSS Subscribe to all comments via RSS.

Something to say?

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

.

You are viewing a mobilized version of this site...
View original page here

Mobilized by Mowser Mowser
Mobilytics