Second Advent
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Second Advent
First recorded in 1730–40
Example Sentences
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The Puritans were chiliasts, firm believers in the millennial prophecies of the Bible: the coming of the antichrist, the Second Advent, Armageddon, the works.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2016
William Miller, Baptist licentiate, began to preach in 1831 of the Second Advent of The Christ.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But some still believed that Christ's Second Advent was imminent.
From Time Magazine Archive
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According to Divine Principle, the time for this "Lord of the Second Advent" to be born was right after World War I, and the place, Korea.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At Cividale, in the district of Friuli, a Ludus Christi, embracing the principal events of Christian history from the Passion-307- to the Second Advent, was twice acted, in 1298 and 1303.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
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