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Apocalypse and Redemption in Early Christianity From John of Patmos To Augustine of Hippo1

Apocalypse and Redemption in Early Christianity From John of Patmos To Augustine of Hippo1 APOCALYPSE AND REDEMPTION IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY FROM JOHN OF PATMOS TO AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO1 BY PAULA FREDRIKSEN Christianity began with the announcement that time and history were about to end. This message, preserved variously in those documents that came to make up the New Testament, found its most flamboyant expression in the book that closes the Christian canon, the Apocalypse of John. John's vision of the final things-celestial disturbances, plagues and huge carnage; the persecution of the righteous by the whore of Babylon; the resurrection of the saints and their 1000-year reign with Christ-has long held pride of place in a paradoxically enduring tradi- tion of millenarian apocalyptic expectation: the belief that Christ is about to return soon to establish his kingdom on earth.' As Christianity developed from its Jewish messianic origins into a central institution of late Roman imperial culture-as history, in other words, persistently failed to end on time-the church, of necessity, had to come to terms with its own foundational prophecy ('The kingdom of God is at hand!'), especially as this was embodied in the Book of the Apocalypse. In the story of the Western church's efforts, Tyconius and Augustine hold pride of place. Earlier http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

Apocalypse and Redemption in Early Christianity From John of Patmos To Augustine of Hippo1

Fredriksen, Paula
Vigiliae Christianae , Volume 45 (2): 151 – Jan 1, 1991
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© 1991 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-6032
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APOCALYPSE AND REDEMPTION IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY FROM JOHN OF PATMOS TO AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO1 BY PAULA FREDRIKSEN Christianity began with the announcement that time and history were about to end. This message, preserved variously in those documents that came to make up the New Testament, found its most flamboyant expression in the book that closes the Christian canon, the Apocalypse of John. John's vision of the final things-celestial disturbances, plagues and huge carnage; the persecution of the righteous by the whore of Babylon; the resurrection of the saints and their 1000-year reign with Christ-has long held pride of place in a paradoxically enduring tradi- tion of millenarian apocalyptic expectation: the belief that Christ is about to return soon to establish his kingdom on earth.' As Christianity developed from its Jewish messianic origins into a central institution of late Roman imperial culture-as history, in other words, persistently failed to end on time-the church, of necessity, had to come to terms with its own foundational prophecy ('The kingdom of God is at hand!'), especially as this was embodied in the Book of the Apocalypse. In the story of the Western church's efforts, Tyconius and Augustine hold pride of place. Earlier

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