apocalypticism
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- Religious apocalypticism
- Esoteric aspects
- Abrahamic religions
- Christianity
- Year 1000
- Crusades
- Fifth Monarchy Men
- Isaac Newton and the end of the world in 2060
- Millerism and The Great Disappointment
- Seventh-day Adventism
- Mormonism
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Christadelphians
- Realized eschatology
- Harold Camping
- David Meade
- Branch Davidians
- Islam
- Judaism
- Ancient Norse religion
- Cyclic time and ''Hoddmímis holt''
- {{Lang|goh|Muspille}}, {{Lang|osx|Heliand}}, and Christianity
- Proto-Indo-European basis
- Volcanic eruptions
- {{Lang|non-latn|Bergbúa þáttr}}
- Modern influences
- Mayan calendar and the year 2012
- UFO religions
- Zoroastrianism
- See also
- Notes
- References
thumb|right|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, woodcut print from the Apocalypse of [[Albrecht Dürer (1497–1498), Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe]]
Apocalypticism is the religious belief that the end of the world is imminent, even within one's own lifetime. This belief is usually accompanied by the idea that civilization will soon come to a tumultuous end due to some sort of catastrophic global event.
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