James Ussher (or Usher; 4 January 1581 – 21 March 1656) was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656.
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What was James Ussher known for?
Ussher is best known for his calculation of the age of the Universe, known as the 'Ussher chronology'. He determined the first day of biblical creation was October 23, 4004 BC.
How did James Ussher determine the age of the earth?
Ussher was an archbishop and a professor at Trinity College in Dublin. Using clues from the Bible, he decided that Earth was born on today's date in 4004 BC. That would make Earth 6,026 years old. Other scholars of the day, including Isaac Newton, came up with similar dates.
What was the problem with Ussher's chronology?
By the middle of the 19th century, Ussher's chronology came under increasing attack from supporters of uniformitarianism, who argued that Ussher's "young Earth" was incompatible with the increasingly accepted view of an Earth much more ancient than Ussher's.
What did James Ussher propose?
Ussher wrote: “In the beginning, God created heaven and earth, which beginning of time, according to this chronology, occurred at the beginning of the night which preceded the 23rd of October in the year 710 of the Julian period.” In the right margin of the page, Ussher computes the date in “Christian” time as 4004 ...
17.10.2024 · James Ussher was an Anglo-Irish prelate of the Anglican church who was memorable for his activity in religious politics and for his work on ...
James Ussher
Irischer Erzbischof
James Ussher war ein irischer anglikanischer Theologe. Er war Erzbischof von Armagh, Primas von Irland und Verfasser einer Vielzahl theologischer und historischer Werke. Am bekanntesten ist seine Weltgeschichte, die den Schöpfungszeitpunkt auf den... Wikipedia
Geboren: 4. Januar 1581, Dublin, Irland
Verstorben: 21. März 1656, Reigate, Vereinigtes Königreich
Kinder: Elizabeth Tyrrell
Enkelkinder: Elizabeth Tyrrell, Mary Tyrrell, Penelope Tyrrell und mehr
Andere Beiträge: Professor, Trinity College Dublin; Chancellor, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin; Prebend of Finglas
Kirchen: Church of Ireland
Bücher
The annals of the world
The Whole Works
1847
James Ussher and a Reformed Episcopal Church: Sermons and Treatises on Ecclesiology
A Body of Divinity: Or, The Sum and Substance of Christian Religion
2019
The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, D.D., Lord Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of All Ireland: Now for the First Time Collected, With a Life of the Author, and an Account of His Writings; V. 2
The Irish Articles of Religion
The Ussher chronology is a 17th-century chronology of the history of the world formulated from a literal reading of the Old Testament by James Ussher
Archbishop James Ussher (or Usher) was born in Dublin in 1581, and his grave is in St Paul's chapel at Westminster Abbey.
James Ussher is considered one of the greatest scholars and theologians of his time. In his search for knowledge he travelled widely in Britain and Europe.
04.01.2017 · Archbishop James Ussher, an Irish cleric, was born Jan. 4, 1581. Ussher was quite a respectable scholar, but he is remembered today primarily for the first ...
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One of the most important biblical scholars and theologians of the seventeenth century, James Ussher has made a recent resurgence in Christian literature ...
In 1625, Ussher became the head of the Anglo-Irish Church in Ireland . As a Protestant bishop in a Catholic land, Ussher's ...
23.06.2024 · James Ussher (1581–1656) was the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1625 to 1656.
28.12.2016 · James Ussher loved dates, and he tried to give a chronology of the Bible. He dated creation to October 23, 4004 B.C., and he went on from there ...