Gogojili App download apk,REGISTER NOW GET FREE 888 PESOS REWARDS! https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/11/why-is-the-end-of-the-world-such-a-big-deal/ Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:03:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Daijaranae https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/11/why-is-the-end-of-the-world-such-a-big-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-18590 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:03:50 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=1307#comment-18590 im in the 9th grade should i care?

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By: Nathan https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/11/why-is-the-end-of-the-world-such-a-big-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-9442 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:06:17 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=1307#comment-9442 One source for more on year 1000 apocalypticism is the work of Richard Landes of Boston University.

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By: Why Is the End of the World Such a Big Deal? - Science and Religion Today https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/11/why-is-the-end-of-the-world-such-a-big-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-9345 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:11:04 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=1307#comment-9345 […] From Nathan Schneider of The Row Boat: […]

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By: Nathan https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/11/why-is-the-end-of-the-world-such-a-big-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-9310 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:17:46 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=1307#comment-9310 Good question—this is something I’ve heard and read a number of times. From what I’ve been able to come up with, it certainly wasn’t a ubiquitous idea. And, given my subsequent hypothesis that religious date-setting is more likely to come from minorities than the majority, I wouldn’t expect it to be.

As for sources on the Internet, this article gives a nice overview of the scholarly opinion, which has gone back and forth on whether the year 1000 was really such a big deal. For one thing, dating systems were not yet consistent, so different communities would have placed the turn of the millennium at different times. Quoted there, Bernard McGinn, a leading scholar of medieval religion (my big mistake at UCSB was dropping out of his class), describes the general mood this way:

Exaggerated emphasis on the turn of the millennium, or indeed any specific date in the list of the many at some time identified with the end during the five centuries between 1000 and 1500, tends to minimize the pervasiveness of apocalypticism throughout these centuries. Medieval folk lived in a more or less constant state of apocalyptic expectation difficult to understand for most of us today.

That, in addition to the Britannica article on eschatology from that period, suggests that indeed there were people out there claiming this, that or another thing. But I don’t think a case can be made that the whole medieval world was united about one particular date, nor is that a claim I made. Yes, some people got worked up about it or dates around it, just as they get worked up about other dates.

Perhaps it was irresponsible of me to add to the hearsay that the year 1000 was particularly special. What I meant by it was to show that there is a pattern here, a consistency, an apocalyptic habit in the (especially) Christian (and post-Christian) consciousness that rears its head from time to time.

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By: Fr. B https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/11/why-is-the-end-of-the-world-such-a-big-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-9304 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:26:33 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=1307#comment-9304 Just a quick question: Do you have any (reputable of course) sources for the apocalyptic hopes or fears of Christians in the 10th century? It would make sense that, since the Book of Revelation says that Satan would be chained for 1000 years, people would have been concerned that he was about to be released. Still, I wonder if that indeed was the mood in Western Europe at that time. Let me know if you know where to find such information.
Thanks.

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