The Accepted Myth of the "Millennium"

"The literal interpretation of Revelation 20:1-6 led some of the early church Fathers...to believe in an intervening millennial kingdom.   ....   But it is not correct to say, as Premillenarians do, that it was generally accepted in the first three centuries.  The truth of the matter is that the adherents of this doctrine were a rather limited number.  There is no trace of it in Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Dionysius, and other important Church Fathers."

     -- excerpt from The History of Christian Doctrines by Louis Berkof
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