Motif
Calculated end of world history
calculated_end_of_world_history
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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jewish pseudepigrapha
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The Book of Enoch R. H. CHARLES, D.LITT., D.D. / WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE / REV. W. O. E. OESTERLEY, D.D. / INTRODUCTION; lines 250-340 confidence: high
Times and periods are fixed; Apocalyptists calculate history's consummation from prophecy; divine secrets hidden from the beginning are revealed to God-fearing men, who reveal them and foresee future events, especially the end of the world.
The passage says Apocalyptists calculated the exact period when history would reach its consummation and believed they could know when the end of the world would come.
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