Jan Matthijs

January 1st, 2006 @ 1:00 am by Rich | Share This | Comments: none
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In 1532, when the Reformation spread rapidly throughout Munster, an episcopal city in Westphalia near the Netherlands, a conservative Lutheran group was at first strong there. But new immigrants who were apostles of Jan Matthijs led to fanaticism among those in power. Many looked for the creation of the Lord’s earthly kingdom in Munster, called chiliasm, meaning belief in a thousand-year earthly kingdom of Christ.

 
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