Historic simply refers to that which was 'historically' a mainline view of the Church during various times or at all times, BUT it can also be used to describe an early view that has changed over time.Beth said:I'm still not sure what historicist means?
Example. Both Amil and Pre-mil can be said to be historic but there is a distinction as to when they were historic. Pre-mil held for the first 3 centuries and Amil began as a predominantly Church held view in the mid 4th.
However another example is this:
The pre-mil (rapture before the Mill-Kingdom) held to a Post Trib view or that the believers would be raptured at the end of the Tribulation. However what most hold today is an adaptation of the Historic view with a Pre and mid rapture view as just some examples. This view is known as a Dispensational Pre-millennialist view or for short Dispensationalism.
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