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The Long View: Eclipse of the Sun

John felt the number of Catholic apocalyptic novels in English was fewer than 10, if you counted Lord of the Rings. This is likely due to the dim view of St. Augustine towards millennial expectations, an idea repeated in the current Catechism of the Catholic Church. John felt this one
Benjamin Espen Sep 24, 2014

The Long View: Soft Landings

John was an unaffiliated, but not wholly unrespectable scholar, of millennialism and millennial movements. Here is one of his conference papers on millennialism, tying together his interests in millennialism, cyclical models of history, and books. Presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the Center For Millennial Studies Boston University October
Benjamin Espen Aug 29, 2014

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