James Ussher

James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, who famously propounded what seems to us, though not to his contemporaries, to be a very late date (4004 b.c.) for creation.

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When the Scottish Archbishop James Ussher in 1654 examined the chronologies of the Bible from the creation, he was doing cutting-edge scholarship that required a knowledge of ancient history, languages, and cultures, as well as a deep understanding of the text itself.

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In 1650, Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh joined the long-running theological debate on the age of the earth by famously announcing that creation had occurred on October 23, 4004 B.C.

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In 1650, Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh joined the long-running theological debate on the age of the earth by famously announcing that creation had occurred on October 23, 4004 B.C.

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When James Ussher calculated the year 4,004 B.C. for the creation of the earth and six days later for the creation of Adam, he made these four assumptions, among others:

The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

When James Ussher calculated the year 4,004 B.C. for the creation of the earth and six days later for the creation of Adam, he made these four assumptions, among others:

The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

September 17, professor of Greek 3928 B.C. 1658 James Ussher, archbishop October 23, 4004 B.C. 1860 John Phillips 96,000,000 BPE

Centennial Michener, James 1974

His last work was "Brevis præmunitio pro futura concertatione cum Jacobo Usserio", in which he replied to the treatise of his Protestant nephew, James Ussher, afterwards

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

The most learned of the Protestant primates was James Ussher (1625-56), whose most important works were "Veterum Epistolarum Hibernicarum Sylloge", published in 1632, and "Brittanicarum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates", which appeared in 1639.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The most erudite of theologians in this erudite time was James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, described by Selden as "learned to a miracle."

Three Centuries of a City Library an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Norwich Public Library Established in 1608 and the present Public Library opened in 1857 George A. Stephen 1907