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Article: Catholic Millenarianism: From Savonarola to the Abbe Gregoire.(Book Review)
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- March 1, 2003
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Edited by Karl A. Kottman. Vol. 2 of MILLENARIANISM AND MESSIANISM IN EARLY MODERN EUROPEAN CULTURE. International Archives of the History of Ideas, vol. 174. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic, 2001. Pp. xviii + 108. $69.
This is the second of four volumes of papers from four conferences held at UCLA in 1997 and 1998. The other volumes deal with Jewish messianism, Anglo-American millenarianism, and Continental millenarianism. The introduction by Richard Popkin, who organized the conferences, describes the origins and purpose of the series.
The New Testament provides many statements about Christ's second coming; the most controversial is Revelation 8:2-8, which ...