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dispenˈsationalism, n. Theol.
[f. dispensational a. + -ism.]
Belief in a system of historical progression, as revealed in the Bible, consisting of a series of (spec. seven) stages in God's self-revelation and plan of salvation. Cf. dispensation n. 6.
1928P. Mauro Gospel of Kingdom 8 Evangelical Christianity must purge itself of this leaven of dispensationalism ere it can display its former power. 1956Interpretation X. 173 The principal feature of Dispensationalism and the one supplying its name is its teaching that seven Dispensations are to be discovered in Scripture, a dispensation being a span of time in which there is a revelation of God and a test of man's obedience. 1979Church Times 23 Nov. 6/4 They find much truth in dispensationalism. Miraculous cures witness to unusual intrusions of the divine presence rather than to the normal ministry of the Church. 1986Observer 26 Jan. 7/4 They all adhere to the doctrine of ‘dispensationalism’ which was first promulgated by the Plymouth Brethren in Britain in the 1830s... These people believe that the Bible is an almanac, chronicling future events which will culminate in Armageddon.
Hence dispenˈsationalist n., an adherent of dispensationalism.
1948L. G. Chafer Systematic Theol. IV. i. 8 Antidispensationalists refer to the belief which dispensationalists hold—that Christ offered the Kingdom to Israel and that it was rejected. 1963Bibliotheca Sacra CXX. 49 Dispensationalists believe there is a difference between Israel and the church, and that God has a literal kingdom future for Israel. 1983Richardson & Bowden New Dict. Christian Theol. 158/2 Dispensationalists trace their origins to the preaching and writings of John Nelson Darby of Dublin (1800–1882), one of the early leaders of the Plymouth Brethren. |