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== Quotes ==

== Quotes ==

=== Irenaeus, Against Heresies Vol 5, 28:3 ===

=== Irenaeus, Against Heresies Vol 5, 28:3 ===

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And from the foundation of the world the whole time is thus traced, so far as its main epochs are concerned. From the creation of the world to the deluge were 2242 years. And from the deluge to the time when Abraham our forefather begat a son, 1036 years. And from Isaac, Abraham's son, to the time when the people dwelt with Moses in the desert, 660 years. And from the death of Moses and the rule of Joshua the son of Nun, to the death of the patriarch David, 498 years. And from the death of David and the reign of Solomon to the sojourning of the people in the land of Babylon, 518 years 6 months 10 days. And from the government of Cyrus to the death of the Emperor Aurelius Verus, 744 years. All the years from the creation of the world amount to a total of 5698 years, and the odd months and days.<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf02.iv.ii.iii.xxviii.html</ref>

And from the foundation of the world the whole time is thus traced, so far as its main epochs are concerned. From the creation of the world to the deluge were 2242 years. And from the deluge to the time when Abraham our forefather begat a son, 1036 years. And from Isaac, Abraham's son, to the time when the people dwelt with Moses in the desert, 660 years. And from the death of Moses and the rule of Joshua the son of Nun, to the death of the patriarch David, 498 years. And from the death of David and the reign of Solomon to the sojourning of the people in the land of Babylon, 518 years 6 months 10 days. And from the government of Cyrus to the death of the Emperor Aurelius Verus, 744 years. All the years from the creation of the world amount to a total of 5698 years, and the odd months and days.<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf02.iv.ii.iii.xxviii.html</ref>

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=== Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies Vol 1, 21 ===

=== Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies Vol 1, 21 ===

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...from Adam to the death of Commodus, five thousand seven hundred and eighty-four years, two months, twelve days.<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf02.vi.iv.i.xxi.html</ref>

...from Adam to the death of Commodus, five thousand seven hundred and eighty-four years, two months, twelve days.<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf02.vi.iv.i.xxi.html</ref>

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=== Hippolytus of Rome, On Daniel, 2:4 ===

=== Hippolytus of Rome, On Daniel, 2:4 ===

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For as the times are noted from the foundation of the world, and reckoned from Adam, they set clearly before us the matter with which our inquiry deals. For the first appearance of our Lord in the flesh took place in Bethlehem, under Augustus, in the year 5500; and He suffered in the thirty-third year. And 6,000 years must needs be accomplished, in order that the Sabbath may come, the rest, the holy day “on which God rested from all His works.” For the Sabbath is the type and emblem of the future kingdom of the saints, when they “shall reign with Christ,” when He comes from heaven, as John says in his Apocalypse: for “a day with the Lord is as a thousand years.” Since, then, in six days God made all things, it follows that 6,000 years must be fulfilled. And they are not yet fulfilled, as John says: “five are fallen; one is,” that is, the sixth; “the other is not yet come.”<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf05.iii.iv.i.x.ii.html</ref>

For as the times are noted from the foundation of the world, and reckoned from Adam, they set clearly before us the matter with which our inquiry deals. For the first appearance of our Lord in the flesh took place in Bethlehem, under Augustus, in the year 5500; and He suffered in the thirty-third year. And 6,000 years must needs be accomplished, in order that the Sabbath may come, the rest, the holy day “on which God rested from all His works.” For the Sabbath is the type and emblem of the future kingdom of the saints, when they “shall reign with Christ,” when He comes from heaven, as John says in his Apocalypse: for “a day with the Lord is as a thousand years.” Since, then, in six days God made all things, it follows that 6,000 years must be fulfilled. And they are not yet fulfilled, as John says: “five are fallen; one is,” that is, the sixth; “the other is not yet come.”<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf05.iii.iv.i.x.ii.html</ref>

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=== Julius Africanus, Chronography ===

=== Julius Africanus, Chronography ===

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For why should I speak of the three myriad years of the Phœnicians, or of the follies of the Chaldeans, their forty-eight myriads? For the Jews, deriving their origin from them as descendants of Abraham, having been taught a modest mind, and one such as becomes men, together with the truth by the spirit of Moses, have handed down to us, by their extant Hebrew histories, the number of 5500 years as the period up to the advent of the Word of salvation, that was announced to the world in the time of the sway of the Cæsars.

For why should I speak of the three myriad years of the Phœnicians, or of the follies of the Chaldeans, their forty-eight myriads? For the Jews, deriving their origin from them as descendants of Abraham, having been taught a modest mind, and one such as becomes men, together with the truth by the spirit of Moses, have handed down to us, by their extant Hebrew histories, the number of 5500 years as the period up to the advent of the Word of salvation, that was announced to the world in the time of the sway of the Cæsars.

<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf06.v.v.i.html</ref></blockquote>

<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf06.v.v.i.html</ref></blockquote>

=== Origen, Against Celsus Vol 1, 19 ===

=== Origen, Against Celsus Vol 1, 19 ===

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After these statements, Celsus, from a secret desire to cast discredit upon the Mosaic account of the creation, which teaches that the world is not yet ten thousand years old, but very much under that, while concealing his wish, intimates his agreement with those who hold that the world is uncreated.  For, maintaining that there have been, from all eternity, many conflagrations and many deluges, and that the flood which lately took place in the time of Deucalion is comparatively modern, he clearly demonstrates to those who are able to understand him, that, in his opinion, the world was uncreated.  But let this assailant of the Christian faith tell us by what arguments he was compelled to accept the statement that there have been many conflagrations and many cataclysms, and that the flood which occurred in the time of Deucalion, and the conflagration in that of Phæthon, were more recent than any others.  And if he should put forward the dialogues of Plato (as evidence) on these subjects, we shall say to him that it is allowable for us also to believe that there resided in the pure and pious soul of Moses, who ascended above all created things, and united himself to the Creator of the universe, and who made known divine things with far greater clearness than Plato, or those other wise men (who lived) among the Greeks and Romans, a spirit which was divine.  And if he demands of us our reasons for such a belief, let him first give grounds for his own unsupported assertions, and then we shall show that this view of ours is the correct one.<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf04.vi.ix.i.xx.html</ref>

After these statements, Celsus, from a secret desire to cast discredit upon the Mosaic account of the creation, which teaches that the world is not yet ten thousand years old, but very much under that, while concealing his wish, intimates his agreement with those who hold that the world is uncreated.  For, maintaining that there have been, from all eternity, many conflagrations and many deluges, and that the flood which lately took place in the time of Deucalion is comparatively modern, he clearly demonstrates to those who are able to understand him, that, in his opinion, the world was uncreated.  But let this assailant of the Christian faith tell us by what arguments he was compelled to accept the statement that there have been many conflagrations and many cataclysms, and that the flood which occurred in the time of Deucalion, and the conflagration in that of Phæthon, were more recent than any others.  And if he should put forward the dialogues of Plato (as evidence) on these subjects, we shall say to him that it is allowable for us also to believe that there resided in the pure and pious soul of Moses, who ascended above all created things, and united himself to the Creator of the universe, and who made known divine things with far greater clearness than Plato, or those other wise men (who lived) among the Greeks and Romans, a spirit which was divine.  And if he demands of us our reasons for such a belief, let him first give grounds for his own unsupported assertions, and then we shall show that this view of ours is the correct one.<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf04.vi.ix.i.xx.html</ref>

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=== Lactantius, Divine Institutes Vol 7, 14 ===

=== Lactantius, Divine Institutes Vol 7, 14 ===

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Therefore, since all the works of God were completed in six days, the world must continue in its present state through six ages, that is, six thousand years. For the great day of God is limited by a circle of a thousand years, as the prophet shows, who says “In Thy sight, O Lord, a thousand years are as one day.” And as God laboured during those six days in creating such great works, so His religion and truth must labour during these six thousand years, while wickedness prevails and bears rule. And again, since God, having finished His works, rested the seventh day and blessed it, at the end of the six thousandth year all wickedness must be abolished from the earth, and righteousness reign for a thousand years; and there must be tranquillity and rest from the labours which the world now has long endured.<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf07.iii.ii.vii.xiv.html</ref>

Therefore, since all the works of God were completed in six days, the world must continue in its present state through six ages, that is, six thousand years. For the great day of God is limited by a circle of a thousand years, as the prophet shows, who says “In Thy sight, O Lord, a thousand years are as one day.” And as God laboured during those six days in creating such great works, so His religion and truth must labour during these six thousand years, while wickedness prevails and bears rule. And again, since God, having finished His works, rested the seventh day and blessed it, at the end of the six thousandth year all wickedness must be abolished from the earth, and righteousness reign for a thousand years; and there must be tranquillity and rest from the labours which the world now has long endured.<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf07.iii.ii.vii.xiv.html</ref>

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=== Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicle, The Hebrews ===

=== Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicle, The Hebrews ===

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From the 15th year of Tiberius until the 20th anniversary of Constantinus Victor Augustus, is 300 years. So the overall total, according to the Hebrews in the Septuagint version, is (?) 5518 years. According to the Jews' Hebrew text, it is 1237 years less; and according to the Samaritans' Hebrew text, it is 935 years less.<ref>http://www.attalus.org/translate/eusebius5.html#97</ref>

From the 15th year of Tiberius until the 20th anniversary of Constantinus Victor Augustus, is 300 years. So the overall total, according to the Hebrews in the Septuagint version, is (?) 5518 years. According to the Jews' Hebrew text, it is 1237 years less; and according to the Samaritans' Hebrew text, it is 935 years less.<ref>http://www.attalus.org/translate/eusebius5.html#97</ref>

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=== Augustine, City of God, Vol 12, 10 ===

=== Augustine, City of God, Vol 12, 10 ===

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=== Venerable Bede, De Temporum Ratione, "On the Reckoning of Time" ===

=== Venerable Bede, De Temporum Ratione, "On the Reckoning of Time" ===

Dates the creation at 3952 years before Christ

Dates the creation at 3952 years before Christ

We thus lay down a scheme of the times when Christ was born: He was born in the year of the world 3928.<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/lightfoot/talmud.i.iii.html</ref>

We thus lay down a scheme of the times when Christ was born: He was born in the year of the world 3928.<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/lightfoot/talmud.i.iii.html</ref>

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==See also==

==See also==