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====Seventh-day Adventism====
{{Main|Seventh-day Adventist eschatology}}

The ideological descendants of the Millerites are the [[Seventh-day Adventists]]. They are a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Christian denomination]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor1-last=Queen |editor1-first=Edward L. |editor2-last=Prothero |editor2-first=Stephen R. |editor3-last=Shattuck |editor3-first=Gardiner H. |year=2018 |orig-date=2001 |title=Seventh-day Adventist Church |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u-_6P2rMy2wC&q=%22adventist+church+is+a+protestant%22&pg=PA913 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of American Religious History |volume=3 |location=[[Boston]] and [[New York City|New York]] |publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]] |series=[[Facts On File]] |edition=4th |page=913 |isbn=978-1-4381-4186-2 |oclc=1090391391}}</ref> which is distinguished by its observance of [[Saturday]],<ref>More precisely, Friday sunset to Saturday sunset; see [http://biblicalresearch.gc.adventist.org/documents/sabbathbegin.pdf When Does Sabbath Begin?] on the Adventist website. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724224455/http://biblicalresearch.gc.adventist.org/documents/sabbathbegin.pdf |date=24 July 2011 }}</ref> the seventh [[day of the week]] in both the [[Jewish calendar]], and calendars in use in the Christian world (such as the [[Gregorian calendar]]), as the [[Sabbath in seventh-day churches|Sabbath]], and its emphasis on the imminent [[Second Coming]] (advent) of Jesus Christ. The denomination grew out of the [[Millerism|Millerite movement]] in the United States during the mid-19th century and it was formally established in 1863.<ref name="webhistory">{{cite web |title=Seventh-day Adventists – The Heritage Continues Along  |publisher=[[General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists]]  |url=http://www.adventist.org/world_church/facts_and_figures/history/index.html.en  |access-date=2007-01-17  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206202842/http://www.adventist.org/world_church/facts_and_figures/history/index.html.en  |archive-date=December 6, 2006  }}</ref> Among its founders was [[Ellen G. White]], whose [[List of Ellen G. White writings|extensive writings]] are still held in high regard by the adherents of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.<ref>Ronald L. Numbers, ''Prophetess of health: a study of Ellen G. White'' (3rd ed. 2008) pp. xxiii–xxiv</ref>