John Dury's Apocalyptic Thought: A Reassessment

• Autores: Kenneth Gibson
• Localización: Journal of ecclesiastical history, ISSN 0022-0469, Vol. 61, Nº 2, 2010, págs. 299-313
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Protestant divine John Dury has long been identified as holding millenarian beliefs. However a closer reading of his apocalyptic commentaries and a more clearly defined use of terms reveals that Dury's apocalyptic beliefs are more complex than previously recognised. This article offers a detailed analysis of his preface to the European millenarian tract Clavis apocalyptica to demonstrate that apocalyptic and millenarian belief in the seventeenth century is in need of a careful reassessment.