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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 · William Miller was a farmer and a pastor who calculated the second coming of Christ in 1843 based on his study of the Bible and the book of Daniel. His prediction failed, but he influenced the Seventh-day Adventists and other groups who believed in the imminent return of Christ.
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 · William Miller (1782-1849) was a Baptist minister who predicted the Second Coming of Christ in 1843 and 1844. He sparked a millennial movement that ended in disappointment and led to the formation of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
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.
