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| − | In his ''Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti (Annals of the Old Testament, deduced from the first origins of the world)'', Archbishop [[James Ussher]] | + | In his ''Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti (Annals of the Old Testament, deduced from the first origins of the world)'', Archbishop [[James Ussher]] claimed that the Earth was [[creationism|created]] in the year 4004 BC, from calculations derived from the generations of the [[Bible]]. |
:"In the beginning God created Heaven and Earth, Gen. 1, v. 1. Which beginning of time, according to our Chronologie, fell upon the entrance of the night preceding the twenty third day of Octob[er] in the year of the Julian [Period] 710. The year before Christ 4004. The Julian Period 710." | :"In the beginning God created Heaven and Earth, Gen. 1, v. 1. Which beginning of time, according to our Chronologie, fell upon the entrance of the night preceding the twenty third day of Octob[er] in the year of the Julian [Period] 710. The year before Christ 4004. The Julian Period 710." | ||
Some creationists are flexible on the age of the Earth and do not take Ussher's calculation as the final word. They believe that the Earth is anywhere from 4000 to 10000 years old. Secular scientists do not believe Ussher at all and, from [[dinosaur]] fossils and other geological evidence, think that the Earth is millions and millions of years old. | Some creationists are flexible on the age of the Earth and do not take Ussher's calculation as the final word. They believe that the Earth is anywhere from 4000 to 10000 years old. Secular scientists do not believe Ussher at all and, from [[dinosaur]] fossils and other geological evidence, think that the Earth is millions and millions of years old. | ||
Revision as of 23:35, March 8, 2007
In his Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti (Annals of the Old Testament, deduced from the first origins of the world), Archbishop James Ussher claimed that the Earth was created in the year 4004 BC, from calculations derived from the generations of the Bible.
- "In the beginning God created Heaven and Earth, Gen. 1, v. 1. Which beginning of time, according to our Chronologie, fell upon the entrance of the night preceding the twenty third day of Octob[er] in the year of the Julian [Period] 710. The year before Christ 4004. The Julian Period 710."
Some creationists are flexible on the age of the Earth and do not take Ussher's calculation as the final word. They believe that the Earth is anywhere from 4000 to 10000 years old. Secular scientists do not believe Ussher at all and, from dinosaur fossils and other geological evidence, think that the Earth is millions and millions of years old.