From the Apocalypse to the Revolution
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The revolutionary desire to realize the Kingdom of God is the beginning of modern history.
Friedrich Schlegel
The world has to be purified, recreated.
Anatolij Lunačarskij
Ubi Lenin, ibi Israel.
Ernst Bloch
Socialism is the religion that will kill off Christianity.
Antonio Gramsci
I. The Millennial Vision of History The millennialism that penetrated the heart of western civilization was one of the most incisive and enduring results of the spiritual victory of Christianity over the Greco-Roman culture. This is a vision of history, formulated by the prophets of Israel from the eighth century…
