TIL that the rapture, the evangelical belief that Christians will physically ascend to meet Jesus in the sky, is an idea that only dates to the 1830s. Posted in r/todayilearned by u/ICanStopTheRain • 5,081 points and 395 comments

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#FWakeMonoMythCrisis
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Disruption of 1843 - Wikipedia

#FWakeY1843 #FWakeYear1843

#FWakeDisruption

"450 evangelical ministers broke away from the Church of Scotland"
#FWakeEvangelical #FWakeMinisters

"18 May 1843, 121 ministers and 73 elders led by David Welsh met at the Church of St Andrew in George Street, Edinburgh." #FWakeEdinburgh