Revelation 20:1

Eusebius of Caesarea

• Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History III.39Book III

  “To these belong his statement that there will be a period of some thousand years after the resurrection of the dead, and that the kingdom of Christ will be set up in material form on this very earth.” — editor's note: Chiliasm, or millennarianism,—that is, the belief in a visible reign of Christ on earth for a thousand years before the general judgment,—was very widespread…

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 2

  “So to that bird the five hundredth is the year of resurrection, but to us the thousandth: it has its resurrection in this world, we have ours at the end of the world.” — editor's note: St. Ambrose may have believed that the world would end with a.d. 1000, or possibly a thousand is simply taken as a number signifying completeness, as St.…

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XX.7Book XX

  “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.”” — editor's note: Rev. xx. 1–6. The whole passage is quoted.

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• Psalm 105:8

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Psalm 123:2

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Matthew 19:29

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Mark 3:27

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Acts 1:23

  Cited together in Church History III.39.

• 2 Corinthians 6:10

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• Colossians 1:13

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• 2 Timothy 2:19

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.

• 2 Peter 3:8

  Cited together in The City of God XX.7.