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Apocalyptic Writings: “Notes on the Apocalypse” An Humble Attempt is unavailable, but you can change that!

This edition presents the first text of Jonathan Edwards’ private commentary on the book of Revelation. Written over a period of thirty-five years, Edwards’ notebook reveals his lifelong fascination with apocalyptic speculation—including its bizarre aspects—and his persistent conviction concerning the usefulness of the visions in the life of the Christian church. In this volume is also published...

antichristian. This future-oriented, polemical interpretation was not lost upon other dissident groups. In England the disciples of John Wycliffe (c. 1329–84) sanctioned their cause with the seal of prophecy. John Purvey (c. 1353–1428), a close friend of Wycliffe, wrote a commentary predicting the progressive decline of the papal Antichrist. On the Continent the Taborites, the radical followers of John Huss (c. 1369–1415), preached a chiliastic doctrine, attacking the royalist party in Prague as
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