Waadventisti

Waadventisti ni Wakristo wa madhehebu mbalimbali yanayosisitiza ujio wa pili wa Yesu yakisema uko jirani kutokea. 

Ingawa sisitizo hilo lilijitokeza mara kadhaa katika historia ya Kanisa, lilipata nguvu mpya huko Marekani katika karne ya 19.

William Miller ndiye anayetajwa kama mwanzilishi wa tapo hilo kwa kufanya watu kati ya 50,000 na 100,000 kutarajia ujio huo utatokea tarehe 22 Oktoba 1844.

Baada ya siku hiyo kupita kama kawaida, wengi waliachana na utabiri huo, wengine walianzisha makundi mbalimbali. Miller hakujiunga na lolote, bali alihimiza umoja hadi kifo chake (1849).

Kati yake, lililoenea zaidi ni lile la Waadventista Wasabato (mwanzo rasmi mwaka 1863) ambalo kwa sasa lina waumini zaidi ya 17 milioni duniani kote.
750px|thumb|center|Matawi ya Waadventisti yaliyotokea katika karne ya 19.

Mashahidi wa Yehova pia wana asili katika tapo hilo.

Jaribio la kutabiri tarehe ya ujio wa pili kwa kupiga hesabu kutokana na Biblia lilitokea tena na tena hadi karne ya 21 bila mafanikio.

Tanbihi

Marejeo
 Butler, Jonathan. "From Millerism to Seventh-Day Adventism: Boundlessness to Consolidation", Church History, Vol. 55, 1986
 Jordan, Anne Devereaux. The Seventh-Day Adventists: A History (1988)
 Land, Gary. Adventism in America: A History (1998)
 Land, Gary. Historical Dictionary of the Seventh-Day Adventists (2005)
 Morgan, Douglas. Adventism and the American Republic: The Public Involvement of a Major Apocalyptic Movement (University of Tennessee Press, 2001) ISBN 1-57233-111-9


Viungo vya nje

History of the Millerite Movement , a reprint from the Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia 10:892–898, 1976.
Graphical timeline of major Millerite groups from the Worldwide Church of God official website
Seventh-day Adventist Beliefs, list of beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church movement.


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