However, it is a well-kept secret that some great scientists also calculated creation dates very close to Ussher’s. Ussher’s creation date has become a figure of fun. In this, he calculated the date of creation at 23 October 4004 BC, and this is what he is best known for today. In 16 he published his magnum opus, The Annals of the World, 1 a 1,300-page tome in Latin on a history of the world covering every major event from the time of Creation to AD 70. He was also a noted historian and Hebrew scholar, highly regarded throughout Britain, both by kings and revolutionaries. James Ussher (1581–1656) was Archbishop of Armagh, the highest position in the Irish Anglican Church, a product of the Reformation in England. Archbishop’s achievement James Ussher’s great work Annals of the World is now available in English. Sharing purposes, readers are advised to supplement these historic articles with more up-to-date ones suggested in the Related Articles below. Editor’s note: As Creation magazine has been continuously published since 1978, weĪre publishing some of the articles from the archives for historical interest, such as this.
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