In reply to:]I wonder if someone would give a brief discription of what partial Preterists believe. It might also be helpful to provide an article.
A more accurate term is Orthodox preterism. This distinction is made necessary by the rise of heretical full preterism. However, this latter term has been hijacked by FP in the same way that the term "Calvinism" has been hijacked by some hyper-calvinists. The term, "Partial Preterist" was invented by the FP. Prior to that, Orthodox preterism was simply known as "preterism".
Orthodox preterism is simply a method of prophetic intrepretation that sees much of NT bible prophecy (e.g. Matt 24:1-34; 2 Thess 2; Rev 1:1-20:6) as being fulfilled in the past (either in AD 70 at the fall of Jerusalem, or later at the fall of Imperial Rome). Because it doesn't teach that all Bible prophecy is fullfilled, it has therefore been labelled "Partial" by the FP's. This is a propaganda tactic similar to the way that some hyper-calvinists falsely accuse true Calvinists (e.g. Spurgeon, the Puritans, etc) of being inconsistent for preaching the free offer of the gospel to all men.
But because Orthodox Preterists hold to the the time tested Christian orthodoxy of the early church creeds which teach a future resurrection of the just and unjust, and teach a future literal coming of Christ, they are therefore called, Orthodox preterists.
