According to Ussher the world was created in 4004 BC. Over the centuries many scholars have tried to date the events in the ...
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Why dinosaur bones were the real nail in religion's coffinJames Ussher, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland in the 17th century, famously spent years working out the exact date of creation: October 22, 4004 BC. As absurd as it sounds ...
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‘Impossible Monsters’ and ‘Dinosaurs at the Dinner Table’: Fossils Versus FaithIn 1650, Archbishop James Ussher, the primate of the Church of Ireland, finished his painstaking study of the Old Testament and concluded that the world had been created in 4004 B.C.—on the ...
He was ordained by his uncle Henry Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, in 1602. In 1614 he married Phoebe (d.1654), daughter and heiress of Luke Challoner. He became a famous preacher and held the offices ...
James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh from 1625 to 1665, and a keen scholar, aimed to complete a history of the world from Creation to AD 70. In 1650 the result of his efforts was published in Latin ...
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