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| ==Etymology== | | ==Etymology== |
− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tribulacion, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] tribulation-, tribulatio, from tribulare to press, oppress, from tribulum drag used in threshing, from terere to rub | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tribulacion, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] tribulation-, tribulatio, from tribulare to press, oppress, from tribulum drag used in threshing, from terere to rub |
| *Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century] | | *Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| 1 : distress or [[suffering]] resulting from [[oppression]] or persecution; also : a trying [[experience]] <the trials and tribulations of starting a new [[business]]> | | 1 : distress or [[suffering]] resulting from [[oppression]] or persecution; also : a trying [[experience]] <the trials and tribulations of starting a new [[business]]> |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | The '''Tribulation''' is the [[name]] given to the [[event]] or events referred to in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_24 Matthew 24:21] ("For then shall be great tribulation...") and other passages of the [[New Testament]] in the [[Bible|Holy Bible]]. In the Christian futurist view of Christian [[eschatology]], the Tribulation is a [[relatively]] short period of time where people who follow [[God]] will [[experience]] worldwide persecution and be [[Pure|purified]] and strengthened by it. | + | The '''Tribulation''' is the [[name]] given to the [[event]] or events referred to in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_24 Matthew 24:21] ("For then shall be great tribulation...") and other passages of the [[New Testament]] in the [[Bible|Holy Bible]]. In the Christian futurist view of Christian [[eschatology]], the Tribulation is a [[relatively]] short period of time where people who follow [[God]] will [[experience]] worldwide persecution and be [[Pure|purified]] and strengthened by it. |
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| In the Christian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preterist preterist] view, the Tribulation took place in the past when Roman legions destroyed [[Jerusalem]] and its temple in AD 70 during the end [[stages]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_War First Jewish–Roman War], and it affected the Jewish people rather than all [[humankind]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulation] | | In the Christian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preterist preterist] view, the Tribulation took place in the past when Roman legions destroyed [[Jerusalem]] and its temple in AD 70 during the end [[stages]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_War First Jewish–Roman War], and it affected the Jewish people rather than all [[humankind]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulation] |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |