Dear Robert,
I am very interested by your query, and consulted a few libraries'
catalogues in order to find out more. The only work of his that I can find
in English translation, though, seems unlikely to discuss his
ruin-reconstruction theory of creation; the work is...
AUTHOR: Episcopius, Simon, 1583-1643.
TITLE: The Popish labyrinth : wherein is made manifest,
that the Papists are entangled in the fundamental article of
their faith, that the church cannot erre / written in Dutch by
... Dr. Simon Episcopius, unto which is added, The life and
death of the author ; as also, The life and death of James
Arminius, both of them famous defenders of God's universal
grace, and sufferers for it ; now published in the English
tongue, by J.K.
PUB. INFO: London : Printed for Francis Smith ..., 1673.
I hope there is something else that exists in print that can be useful,
and that perhaps someone else on the list might know something more
specific about your query.
George Ferzoco
> Dear Listmembers,
>
> Does anyone have any information about the Dutch Arminian theologian Simon
> Episcopius (1583-1643)? Apparently he was the man who first proposed the
> "Gap" or "ruin-reconstruction" theory which envisages a great length of time
> between Genesis 1:1 & 1:2.
>
> Does anyone know in which of his works he puts forward this interpretation?
> Is there an English translation of that work and how can I get hold of it?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Robert I. Bradshaw
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