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Future of Missions in the Third Millennium

Future of Missions in the Third Millennium 66 Future of Missions in the Third Millennium ENRIQUE DUSSEL In a few years time, Christianity will reach the end of its second Millennium, 2000 years of life in World History. This is a very-good time.to attempt a theological and historical reflection of the history of missions during these 20 centuries and to. reflect on the meaning of these missions in the forthcoming millennium. I believe that the history of Christianity could be divided into three great eras without distorting events too much. The first era lasts until the end of the 6th century and the beginning of the 7th century with the Arab-Islamic expansion and sees the slow missionary expansion of Christianity throughout the whole Roman Empire and even eastwards beyond its borders (the Persian Empire and the whole of Asia) and toward the South (in Africa of the Upper Nile, with Coptic Christendom.) the second great era (from the 7th century to the end of 15th century), finds Christendom besieged by the Islamic world, a situation which ended with the fall of Constantinople (1453) and with the siege of Vienna. While the first era is somewhat shorter than one millennium, the second one lasts almost one http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

Future of Missions in the Third Millennium

Mission Studies , Volume 5 (1): 24 – Jan 1, 1988

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0168-9789
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1573-3831
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10.1163/157338388X00301
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Abstract

66 Future of Missions in the Third Millennium ENRIQUE DUSSEL In a few years time, Christianity will reach the end of its second Millennium, 2000 years of life in World History. This is a very-good time.to attempt a theological and historical reflection of the history of missions during these 20 centuries and to. reflect on the meaning of these missions in the forthcoming millennium. I believe that the history of Christianity could be divided into three great eras without distorting events too much. The first era lasts until the end of the 6th century and the beginning of the 7th century with the Arab-Islamic expansion and sees the slow missionary expansion of Christianity throughout the whole Roman Empire and even eastwards beyond its borders (the Persian Empire and the whole of Asia) and toward the South (in Africa of the Upper Nile, with Coptic Christendom.) the second great era (from the 7th century to the end of 15th century), finds Christendom besieged by the Islamic world, a situation which ended with the fall of Constantinople (1453) and with the siege of Vienna. While the first era is somewhat shorter than one millennium, the second one lasts almost one

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Published: Jan 1, 1988

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