For how long did the early church hold to pre-millennialism?
The early church held to pre-millennialism for the first 250 years of church history, roughly from A.D. 40 or 50 to the end of A.D. 299 or into the 300s. They called it Chiliasm, from the Greek word Chileoi, meaning 1,000.
Les explains that the church stood solidly on pre-millennialism for the first 250 years of church history, from roughly A.D. 40 or 50 to the end of A.D. 299 or into the 300s. They called it Chiliasm, from the Greek word Chileoi, which meant 1,000, just as milli means 1,000. This contrasts with the claim that rapture, tribulation, and an earthly kingdom began with a teenage girl in Spain, and with the observation that such teaching is not found at the time of Luther and Calvin.