Coming on the heels of these marvelous changes, pagan peoples would convert and the Jews would fiÂ�nally enter into the Church. Some of them predicted that the Roman papacy and its followers would reform the Western Church, ridding it of avarice and corruption, restore the Â�wayward Christians of the Eastern Church to the catholic fold, and secure the holy places of Jerusalem from the dominion of the inÂ�fiÂ�dels. This dual apocalyptic heritage of hope for the universal Â�realization of their faith and dread of the suffering that awaited the Â�faithful.2 During the Middle Ages, the Christian inÂ�habÂ�iÂ�tants of Europe added new layers to this contested vision for the outcome of history. One way or another, Christian believers ever since have had to contend with The devil, so to speak, was in the details.Â€The earliest Christians vigorously debated the nature of those Last Things, including the question of whether there would be a “millennial”Â€age of peace and prosperity on earth before the end of Â€time. Over the following centuries, a distinctly Christian apocalyptic scenario developed that included the universal spread of the Gospel before the coming of the false messiah, Antichrist, his persecution of the elect, and his ultimate defeat with Christ’s victorious return in Final Judgment. Although this promised course of events did not come about as quickly as his followers were no doubt expecting, subÂ� sequent generations of believers continued to anticipate the eventual fulfillment of their messiah’s words. In the Gospels, Christ predicts to his disciples that theÂ€ endÂ€ of days is approaching and will bring about a great tribulation marked by war, pestilence, famine, and the appearance of false prophets.1 He also declares that his message of salvation will be preached throughout the entire world and will reach all of its peoples before the conÂ� summation of history. The New Jerusalem and the Transfiguration of ChristendomĪbbreviations Notes Select Bibliography Acknowledgments Index Reformist Apocalypticism and the Battlefield of HistoryĨ. The Chosen People and the Enemies of Godģ.

Christendom and the Origins of Papal MonarchyĢ. Millennialism-History of doctrines-Middle Ages, 600–1500.â History-Religious aspects-Christianity-History of doctrines-Middle Ages, 600–1500.â ›: Christendom and apocalypse in the Middle Agesâ.Harvard university press Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, EnÂ�gland 2009Ĭopyright © 2009 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College all rights reser ved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Whalen, Brett Edward. DOMINION OF GOD Christendom and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages

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