Recently, I have been discussing Premillennialism with a good friend of mine who is Amillennial. The subject of what the early church fathers believed was broached. I mentioned to him that it is fact that the very early church fathers in a singular voice affirmed premillennialism (He takes criticism well).
His response to me was incorrect, vague, and containing no historical substantiation,
“There were some Premillers before the completion of the canon, yes. But there were also some orthodox guys who thought Premillennialism was fanatical.”
“Nevertheless, I see a lot of people reading back their own theology into some of the writings of the early church.”
“I think its actually very hard to determine what some of these guys believe, even if some people now days are so confident that they know.”
Claims such as those without argumentation do not lend credibility to the Amillennial position.
I have posted the following article back a while ago, but it is important to post it again because it substantiates the orthodoxy of Premillennialism. Here it is.
