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Originally Posted by Raptor
History of Premillenialism paragraph in Wikipedia
Premillenialism was supported by in the early church by Papias,[6] Irenaeus, Justin Martyr,[5] Tertullian,[7] Pseudo-Barnabas,[8] Methodius, Lactantius,[9] Commodianus[10] Theophilus,[11] Melito,[12] Hippolytus of Rome, Victorinus of Pettau,[13][14] Nepos, Julius Africanus, Commodianus, Tatian[15]and Montanus.[16] However the premillenial views of Montanus probably affected the later rejection of premillenialism in the Church, as Montanism was seen as a heresy.[15]
Proponents of historic premillennialism include Baptists, Presbyterians, the Christian and Missionary Alliance, and several Evangelical groups. Individual proponents of historic premillennialism include: John Gill,[17] Robert Shank, Charles Spurgeon, Mike Bickle,[17][18] Benjamin Wills Newton (a contemporary and fierce theological rival of the father of dispensationalism, John Nelson Darby), George Eldon Ladd,[19] Albert Mohler,[20] Clarence Bass, John Piper,[21] Francis Schaeffer, D. A. Carson,[22][23][24] Gordon Clark,[17] Bryan Chapell,[25] and Carl F. H. Henry.[26]
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You must have gone back to read this thread and I'm impressed that someone actually answered that question . . . thanks! A popular brother on the radio out west (Steve Gregg) often says that dispensationalism was not a view held by the early church, and not held for many centuries - that is up until Darby (et. al.) promoted it just 150 years ago. It appears that opinion is not correct.
And Augustine was a big proponent of amillennialism, and his influence on the church can hardly be understated (that no future kingdom was needed, because the church was basically the kingdom).
FYI: the wiki definition related to your 2nd paragraph above is, "Historic, or Classic, Premillennialism is distinctively non-dispensational" (as contrasted with Dispensational Premillennialism, which Darby promoted). Meaning Historic Premillennialism "sees no radical theological distinction between Israel and the Church." (Darby did see a distinction.)
Any way, as said earlier, I wasn't really even aware dispensationalism and/or premillennialism was a view I held, until I more recently heard someone repeatedly speak about amillennialism vs. dispensationalism. It was just what I was brought up under . . . I must say, trying to figure out these different views (classic premillennialism, dispensational millennialism, amillennialism, covenant theology, etc.) has my head swimming a bit . . .
FROM THAT SAME WIKI PAGE
(see here) :
