再临宗

再临宗，由威廉·米勒在1830年代发起，故又称米勒派（英语：Millerism），即耶稣再临论（Adventism），又称再临运动、复临运动，是基督新教的分支之一^[1]，起源于19世纪美国第二次大觉醒时期。耶稣再临论相信耶稣定会再临世界，故称再临宗。

2010年，耶稣再临论声称有2200万信徒^[2]。基督复临安息日会是规模最大的耶稣再临论教会，也是世界最大的基督宗教教会之一，拥有超过1800万受洗成员^[3]。

参考资料

1. Mead, Frank S; Hill, Samuel S; Atwood, Craig D, Adventist and Sabbatarian (Hebraic) Churches, Handbook of Denominations in the United States 12th, Nashville: Abingdon Press: 256–76
2. Christianity report (PDF). [2016-07-16]. （原始内容 (PDF)存档于2013-08-05）.
3. Zylstra, Sarah Eekhoff. "The Season of Adventists: Can Ben Carson's Church Stay Separatist amid Booming Growth? （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）" Christianity Today. 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-10-13.

• Butler, Jonathan. "From Millerism to Seventh-Day Adventism: Boundlessness to Consolidation", Church History, Vol. 55, 1986
• Jordan, Anne Devereaux. The Seventh-Day Adventists: A History (1988)
• Land, Gary. Adventism in America: A History (1998)
• Land, Gary. Historical Dictionary of the Seventh-Day Adventists (2005)
• Morgan, Douglas. Adventism and the American Republic: The Public Involvement of a Major Apocalyptic Movement (University of Tennessee Press, 2001) ISBN 1-57233-111-9
• Tarling, Lowell R. The Edges of Seventh-day Adventism: A Study of Separatist Groups Emerging from the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1844–1980). Barragga Bay, New South Wales: Galilee Publications. 1981: 81. ISBN 0-9593457-0-1.

外部链接

• History of the Millerite Movement, a reprint from the Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia 10:892–898, 1976.
• Graphical timeline of major Millerite groups from the Worldwide Church of God official website
• Seventh-day Adventist Beliefs （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, list of beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church movement.