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Isn't this mostly a Protestant idea? Most all Catholic/EO christians that I know dismiss 'end times' theology.
by cholantesh 10y ago
Isn't this mostly a Protestant idea? Most all Catholic/EO christians that I know dismiss 'end times' theology.
- jontayesp 10y agoYes I should clarify not all denominations believe this, but it is the most dominant view within Protestant circles (see Left Behind, etc).
- quantumhobbit 10y agoI wouldn't consider it the dominant Protestant view at all. Maybe amongst Evangelicals ( a subset of Protestants). Even amongst Evangelicals I doubt such literal Millinialist views as expressed in Left Behind are the overwhelmingly majority.
- linkregister 10y agoYou would likely be mistaken. An overt goal of pro-Israel fundraising by Evangelical groups is to accelerate population of the Holy Land (Levant) by the Jews in order to fulfill end-of-days prophesy [1]. Does anyone have any information whether this viewpoint was significant in the early U.S. foreign aid support of Israel (1930-1970)? I am uneducated in this segment of U.S. history. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Zionism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Zionism
- distances 10y agoOr just US Evangelicalism, perhaps? I've never heard that the traditional European Protestants (Lutheran etc) would be preaching the end of times being here.
- cholantesh 10y agoRight; I wasn't sure if this was a Puritan/Calvinist view, so I cast the net a bit too broadly.
- Mikeb85 10y agoYup, mostly evangelicals believe this. Catholics/Orthodox and even more traditional protestants (Anglican, Lutheran) dismiss it, and these groups make up the vast majority of Christendom.