99 Reasons Not To Celebrate The Millennium

What is a millennium? All about calendars. Looking back: Where we've been. Looking ahead. Celebrate a New Year, a New Century, A New Millennium! Special events-2000.

Published specifically to respond to the pastoral needs of parishes in North America, this unique volume contains the complete texts of both Eucharistic documents in English and Spanish. Ecclesia de Eucharistia is a deep and personal reflection on the Eucharist, important for its theological, pastoral, and disciplinary content. The Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum was prepared by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in collaboration with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The issues covered include who regulates the liturgy, how the participation of the lay faithful can be encouraged, the way Mass is properly celebrated, and the distribution of Holy Communion. This is an ideal resource for Catholic parishes and academic libraries, clergy, liturgists, scholars, or anyone with a love for the liturgy. Book jacket.

Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.

Is there biblical evidence for a thousand-year earthly kingdom (the Millennium) ruled by Christ before the fulfillment of the new heaven and new earth? Revelation chapter 20 seems to suggest so, but few books of the Bible are so difficult to interpret. And a discussion of the Millennium branches out into many other theological questions about the end times (eschatology): Are these the last days? What must happen before Jesus returns? What part does the church play? This Counterpoints volume compares three views of the Millennium: Premillennial: Christ will come again before this kingdom is established. Postmillennial: our present age represents that kingdom and that the church is and must move toward the fulfillment of this kingdom. Amillennial: a future Millennium is not a literal kingdom, and when Christ returns, he will usher in an immediate new heaven and new earth. Robert B. Strimple, Kenneth L. Gentry Jr., and Craig A. Blaising offer their perspectives, giving their exegetical reasoning. Each of them then responds to the views held by their peers in a respectful and informative setting, making it easy for you to compare their beliefs and gain a better understanding of how this aspect of Christianity's great hope--the return of Jesus--is understood by the church. The Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.

This collection of essays examines responses to the Millennium and whether or not the year 2000 could be claimed as a specifically Christian time. It also considers how other religions reacted to the moment and what millennial celebrations reveal about religion in a secular age.