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James Ussher
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Noun1.James Ussher - Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
James Usher, Usher, Ussher
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The second five essays are on 'superstition, tradition and the other world' and are concerned with Archbishop Ussher as a prophet; John Knox; astrology and eschatology during France's wars of religion; the writings of Protestant demonologists; and the debate over ghosts in England from 1558 to 1625.
Religion and Superstition in Reformation Europe. (Reviews) by Contemporary Review
Archbishop Ussher scrapes in, though his biblical chronology hardly matches (say) Archbishop Temple's social conscience as an influence on recent Presbyterianism.
Encyclopaedia of the Reformed Faith by Kernohan, R.D. / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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