![]() ![]() He was extremely learned and diligent in his attention to scripture and treated it as the literal Word of God. He established the first day of creation as Sunday 23rd October 4004 BC and, using scripture, produced his chronology from that date. In 1658 an English translation was published entitled "The Annals of the World". In 1650 he published a 1,600 page volume in Latin covering the history of the world from creation up until about 70 AD. He became a Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of all Ireland, and vice-chancellor of Trinity College in Dublin. James Ussher (1581-1656) was born in Dublin in 1581. but it provides us with the first modern systematic attempt to chart God's plan of time. His chronology of the world finishes in 73 A.D. ![]() He put the bible in the context of world history and consequently treated scripture as part of a real historical process. I have mentioned him in the section on "Chronology" but his work is relevant to wider bible prophecy. Bishop Ussher is mainly remembered for his chronology of the world which used scripture as the basis for his calculations of historical dates and times. ![]()
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