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Second Coming (Parousia)

The Church still prays for the day Christ returns in glory

The Parousia is the future, glorious return of Christ to judge the living and the dead and to consummate his kingdom. Rooted in 1 Thessalonians 4, the Gospels, and confessed in the Creeds, it is a shared Christian hope. The traditions await it together, though they read its signs and timing in various ways, holding that history moves toward Christ's coming and the fullness of God's reign.

How it traveled

  1. 2 Peter
    Rome · 64
    explains
  2. 1 Peter
    Rome · 64
    explains
  3. 1 Corinthians
    Ephesus · 67
    explains
  4. 1 Thessalonians
    Corinth · 67
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  5. 2 Thessalonians
    Corinth · 67
    explains
  6. Hebrews
    Rome · 67
    explains
  7. Philippians
    Rome · 67
    applies
  8. Mark
    Rome · 68
    explains
  9. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
    explains
  10. Luke
    Rome · 84
    explains
  11. Acts
    Rome · 84
    explains
  12. Revelation
    Patmos · 100
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  13. John
    Ephesus · 100
    explains
  14. Dialogue with Trypho
    Rome · 165
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  15. Against Heresies: Book V
    Lyons · 202
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  16. On the Resurrection of the Flesh.
    — · 220
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  17. An Answer to the Jews.
    — · 220
    explains
  18. Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John
    — · 303
    explains
  19. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
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  20. Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations
    Mosul · 345
    explains
  21. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
    explains
  22. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  23. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  24. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  25. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  26. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  27. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  28. A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed
    Aquileia · 411
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  29. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  30. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  31. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  32. A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  33. The Enchiridion
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  34. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
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  35. Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel
    Geneva · 1564
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  36. A History of the Work of Redemption
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  37. Heaven
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  38. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  39. Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  40. The Final Judgment
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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