chiliasm

[ kil-ee-az-uh m ]

/ ˈkɪl iˌæz əm /

the doctrine of Christ's expected return to reign on earth for 1000 years; millennialism.

Origin of chiliasm

1600–10; < Greek chīliasmós, equivalent to chī́li(oi) 1000 + -asmos, variant of -ismos -ism before stems ending in -i-

chil·i·ast

[kil-ee-ast] /ˈkɪl iˌæst/, noun chil·i·as·tic, adjective

What is true of the early Church as a whole is true of Chiliasm in particular.

The Transformation of Early Christianity from an Eschatological to a Socialized Movement |Lyford Paterson Edwards
Of their actual position on Chiliasm we know practically nothing except by inference.

The Transformation of Early Christianity from an Eschatological to a Socialized Movement |Lyford Paterson Edwards
It is notable in this connection that there is no word of Chiliasm in Cyprian.

The Transformation of Early Christianity from an Eschatological to a Socialized Movement |Lyford Paterson Edwards
In this sense the extirpation or decay of chiliasm is perhaps the most momentous fact in the history of Christianity in the East.

History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) |Adolph Harnack

Indeed, in the West at least, Chiliasm was dead before the country regions were to any measurable degree Christian at all.

The Transformation of Early Christianity from an Eschatological to a Socialized Movement |Lyford Paterson Edwards

chiliasm

/ (ˈkɪlɪˌæzəm) /

Christian theol another term for millenarianism, millennium

chiliast, noun chiliastic, adjective

C17: from Greek khiliasmos, from khilioi a thousand