the theory of recapitulation, he held that Revelation contained the prediction of a continuous series of events from the apostolic age all the way to the consummation. This approach was destined to be followed by many in the following years. Over against these last two approaches a method of interpretation was developing in which renewed attention was given to the circumstances of the writer’s own day in an attempt to arrive at a proper understanding of the book. Late in the sixteenth century the
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