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To: RegulatorCountry

Really? Who?

It was not a doctrine of anyone till 1800’s.


76 posted on 06/20/2017 5:03:10 AM PDT by redgolum
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To: redgolum
Irenaeus, for one.

From "Against Heresies:"

“Those nations however, who did not of themselves raise up their eyes unto heaven, nor returned thanks to their Maker, nor wished to behold the light of truth, but who were like blind mice concealed in the depths of ignorance, the word justly reckons “as waste water from a sink, and as the turning-weight of a balance — in fact, as nothing;” so far useful and serviceable to the just, as stubble conduces towards the growth of the wheat, and its straw, by means of combustion, serves for working gold. And therefore, when in the end the Church shall be suddenly caught up from this, it is said, “There shall be tribulation such as has not been since the beginning, neither shall be." For this is the last contest of the righteous, in which, when they overcome they are crowned with incorruption.”

Do you need more?

79 posted on 06/20/2017 5:08:53 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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