I must not close without reference. to the surprising assertion made by "Not Yet,' that the system of apocalyptical interpretation upon which the statements in my first letter were based has "never been accepted by the Church as such." The foundations of the Historicist system of interpretation are found fully laid in the writings erly Fathers, e¢.g., by Ereneus. (2nd century), Tertullian (rd century), and Jerome (4th ", gentury),' and there is no doubt that they received them from men who had listened to the Apostles. The same system continues in unbroken sequence to the Reformation. At that epoch it received fresh emphasis and development, and its fundamental positions became the great battle-cries of the reformed Churches. It remains today in full strength, receiving fresh confirmation and important progressive fulfilment by events that are known to the whole world, as the years go on. It numbers among its adherents all the great Protesiant names of mediaeval history, including some representing the noblest gcientifig sqhol: ip. I only, serious rival ip ist ian exegesis
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