Interpreting the Dutch Great Awakening (1749-1755)

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ID3840343
AuthorsFred Van Lieburg, F A Van Lieburg (0000-0002-0532-4616, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume77
Issue2
Pages318-336
Publication date2008-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChurch History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0009640708000565
OpenAlexW2123997586
LanguageEN
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In 1754, the Scottish minister John Gillies (1712-1796) published a collection of historical accounts concerning "remarkable periods of the success of the Gospel." Its composer was a spider in a web of correspondents in Europe and North America who believed they were living in an extraordinary time of revival in Christianity. Collective conversions and signs of repentance and faith were reported from all parts of the world and placed in a large eschatological perspective. After the Protestant Reformation-the climax of church history since the New Testament-a great decline had set in comparable to the Middle Ages. The "Great Awakening" seemed to recapture the spirit of the first Pentecost and offered prospects for a further extension of God's Kingdom. By means of missionary work among the heathen peoples, the Gospel would reach the ends of earth. Finally, after the collective conversion of the Jews and a millennium of peace, the time would come for the Lord of the Church to appear on the clouds of heaven to gather the harvest of all times

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