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William Miller (February 15, 1782 – December 20, 1849) was an American clergyman who is credited with beginning the mid-19th-century North American religious movement known as Millerism. After his proclamation of the Second Coming did not occur as expected in the 1840s, new heirs of his message emerged, including the Advent Christians (1860 ...
Feb 27, 2023 · Minister William Miller was dedicated to sharing his beliefs and faith. He is known for starting a religious movement known as Millerism. Who Was William Miller? Born on February 15, 1782, William Miller was born in Pittsfield, MA, to Captain William and Paulina Miller. As a young child, his family moved to New York.
William Miller (born Feb. 15, 1782, Pittsfield, Mass., U.S.—died Dec. 20, 1849, Low Hampton, N.Y.) was an American religious enthusiast, leader of a movement called Millerism that sought to revive belief that the bodily arrival (“advent”) of Christ was imminent.
Jun 8, 2018 · Millenarian prophet. A Skeptical Youth. William Miller provided the impetus behind one of the most intense periods of millennial expectation in American history. Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on 15 February 1782 and raised on the Vermont frontier, he grew up in the formative years of the new nation.
William Miller 1782 - 1849. Miller was a farmer, justice of the peace, sheriff, and Baptist preacher, who, from 1831 to 1844, preached the immanent return of Christ. He was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. His mother was a deeply religious person, and his father a soldier.
Four topics were especially important: Miller's use of the Bible; his eschatology; his perspective on the first and second angel's messages of Revelation 14; and; the seven-month movement that ended with the "Great Disappointment". [6]
William Miller (1782-1849) was a primarily self-educated farmer living in upstate New York who, while raised a Baptist, became a Deist as a young man. Following his participation in the War of 1812, he first questioned and then rejected his Deist beliefs, undergoing a dramatic conversion experience and rejoining the Baptist Church.
