| Disgust with this literal interpretation of the scripture was thus one of the reasons which drew Augustine away from chiliasm. |
| As in the case of Cerinthus, their heresy had nothing necessarily to do with chiliasm. |
| As we shall try to show later, the declension of chiliasm can be only very imperfectly explained by official antagonism. |
| Because of certain theological beliefs aside from chiliasm, the Montanists aroused the antagonism of the Church authorities. |
| In its place arose a belief which developed into chiliasm or Millenarianism. |
| Of their actual position on chiliasm we know practically nothing except by inference. |
