Kevin Reed touches on how the Jesuits planted preteristic and futuristic interpretations of prophecy to counter the Reformation view of eschatology (known as Historicism), in his book review titled "The Ecclesiology of John Foxe: A book review by Kevin Reed of John Foxe and the Elizabethan Church by V. Norskov Olsen" (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973), by citing Olsen when he writes,
The
Counter Reformation is generally considered to have three aspects: the
Jesuits, the Inquisition, and the Council of Trent. In view of the
significance of the Protestant apocalyptic interpretation of history
which prophetically pinpointed step by step the events covering the
whole Christian era from the beginning to the end, it
seems justifiable to suggest a fourth aspect, namely the praeteristic
(preteristic-ed.) and futuristic interpretations launched by Catholic
expositors as a counterattack (p. 47).
More
information on the Counter Reformation, the Jesuits, the beginnings of
Dispensationalism, and Rome's attempt to subvert Protestantism through
the Jesuit-inspired Futurist and Preterist interpretations of prophecy
can be gleaned from the resources below:
THE COUNTER REFORMATION AND RISE OF THE JESUIT ORDER (MP3)
The Catholic (Jesuit) Origins of Futurism and Preterism (TEXT)
An even more useful set of books, dealing with these topics (and more), is E.B. Elliott's Horae
Apocalypticae; or, A Commentary on the Apocalypse, Critical and
Historical; Including Also An Examination of the Chief Prophecies of
Daniel Illustrated by an Apocalyptic Chart, and Engravings from Medals
and Other Extant Monuments of Antiquity. With Appendices: Containing,
Besides Other matters, A Sketch of the History of Apocalyptic Interpretation, Critical Reviews of the Chief Apocalyptic Counter-Schemes, and Indices.This four volume set is respected by many as one of the top scholarly Reformation works on eschatology. It
will be especially valuable in our day as it absolutely destroys the
Jesuit inspired preterist system by conclusively proving a late date for
the writing of the book of Revelation. Elliott
also demonstrates the impossibility of the futurist system, which, like
preterism, was also concocted (as a system) by the Jesuits to
counteract the classic Reformation eschatology called historicism. All
the major Reformers and all the major Reformation creeds and
confessions adopted the historicist position -- and it is this position
that Elliott so skillfully defends. This four volume set is available at Horae
Apocalypticae; or, A Commentary on the Apocalypse, Critical and
Historical; Including Also An Examination of the Chief Prophecies of
Daniel (1862, 4 Volume Set) by E. B. Elliott (for just $9.97) and on
the PURITAN HARD DRIVE with hundreds of other classic Reformation
books, MP3s and videos on eschatology, Antichrist and related topics.Furthermore, in 1878, Charles Haddon Spurgeon wrote the classic reference work Commenting on Commentaries.
The 'prince of preachers' surveyed over 1,400 commentaries on the books
of the Bible providing bible students and pastors with a valuable guide
for selecting books for their libraries. His comments are often as
entertaining as they are helpful. Each book of the bible forms a chapter
in this work. Spurgeon provides pithy analysis and offers his
recommendation of the best commentary and those to avoid. When he reaches the book of Revelation his clear recommendation is E.B. Elliott's Horae Apocalypticae. He succinctly states that it was "the standard work". It
would surprise most Baptists today to realize that this most eminent
Baptist preacher was himself an Historicist or Continuist as he called
it then. Elliott's work was the standard work in 1878 because the
Historicist interpretation was still the standard in Protestantism and
this work had gone through 4 editions and had established itself as the
standard within the Historicist school." (from: http://www.historicist.com).
MP3 samples from Horae Apocalypticae are free at:
This four volume set of books is at:
Horae
Apocalypticae; or, A Commentary on the Apocalypse, Critical and
Historical; Including Also An Examination of the Chief Prophecies of
Daniel (1862, 4 Volume Set) by E. B. Elliott (for just $9.97)
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most of the ancient writers name Rome to be the see of Antichrist;
although they could not foresee that the bishoprick of that see should
degenerate into the tyranny of Antichrist (William Fulke. [Works, vol. 2] A Discovery of the Dangerous Rock of the Popish Church Commended by Sanders, edited for the Parker Society by Richard Gibbings, 371 -- available on the PURITAN HARD DRIVE.
Much more on Prophecy, Antichrist, and Eschatology.
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