James Ussher
Archbishop of Armagh (1581-1656) · Religious Figures · Died at 75
James Ussher was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656.
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Archbishop James Ussher (1581-1656)
The title page of "Immanuel, or the Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God," authored in 1643.
In the years leading up to the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Ussher's reputation as a scholar and moderate Calvinism meant that his opinion was sought by both King and Parliament
Title page of his Annals of the World
James Ussher's reported last words were "O Lord forgive me, especially my sins of omission"About this person
He was a prolific Irish scholar and church leader, who today is most famous for his identification of the genuine letters of the church father, Ignatius of Antioch, and for his chronology that sought to establish the time and date of the creation as "the entrance of the night preceding the 23rd day of October ... the year before Christ 4004"; that is, around 6 pm on 22 October 4004 BC, per the proleptic Julian calendar.
