| 2 Peter 3: 10 | |
| Augustine,City of God, Book XXII, Chapter 30 | |
| Reasons for the expectation of the Second Coming as an event in the near future can also be derived from bible passages, such as in Mark 13:30 'Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.' | |
| Richard Landes, Apocalyptic Expectations around the Year 1000 | |
| Richard Landes, Millennialism (Millenarianism, Chiliasm) Draft of article for the Merriam-Webster Encylopedia of World Religions, 1999 | |
| This text is cited from Bernard McGinn, Visions of the End, pp. 89-90 | |
| This text is cited from Bernard McGinn, Visions of the End, pg. 90 | |