[bdeaner]

I was referring to John Nelson Darby. The dispensationalist view of the end times -- based on a radical distinction between two people of God and the notion of a "pre-tribulation" Rapture event -- was first developed in the 1830s by an Irish, ex-Anglican priest named John Nelson Darby, who condemned most of Christendom as apostate and worldly. Dispensationalism subsequently spread throughout the U.S., in the early 1900s, as a result of the popular Scofield Reference Bible, which incorporated dispensationalist ideas into its footnotes. In the 1970s, the doctrine was popularized through the best-selling books such as The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey and more recently by the Left Behind series and movie.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

*** Dispensationalism subsequently spread throughout the U.S., in the early 1900s, as a result of the popular Scofield Reference Bible,***

I have one of those. I used it for years till I realized much of the end times claims are mere speculation. I then went back to a KJV without notes as that is what I used before I got a scofield. Margin alternate readings are ok.
I also have other bibles, incluing Catholic for comparison.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

*** Dispensationalism subsequently spread throughout the U.S., in the early 1900s, as a result of the popular Scofield Reference Bible,***

I have one of those. I used it for years till I realized much of the end times claims are mere speculation. I then went back to a KJV without notes as that is what I used before I got a scofield. Margin alternate readings are ok.
I also have other bibles, including Catholic for comparison.

[Lee N. Field]

in the early 1900s, as a result of the popular Scofield Reference Bible

This year is the centennial of the Scofield Bible, v. 1.0.