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The Kingdom of Israel

John Shepard

April 8, 2002

Eusebius

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The purpose of this article is to show the end-time viewpoint in the writing of Eusebius who wrote before 341 A.D.

Eusebius Pamphili, Bishop of Csarea in Palestine, the "Father of Church History;" b. about 260; d. before 341.

He was not premillennial. But it is uncertain whether he was amillennial.

Eusebius

Eusebius of Csarea

Eusebius Pamphili, Bishop of Csarea in Palestine, the "Father of Church History;" b. about 260; d. before 341.

Eusebius seems to have leaned toward chiliasm in his earlier days, "but after Constantine's acceptance of Christianity, Eusebius revised his attitude."

Eusebius is here a special pleader. He opposes the millennium. Wrongly fancying that the Apocalypse favours the Chiliasts, he assigns it to this John the Elder and tries to rob the work of its Apostolic authority,

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