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First published in Latin in 1699, John Craige'sTheologyrepresents a rare early attempt to introduce mathematical reasoning into moral and theological dispute. Craige's effort to determine the earliest possible date of the Apocalypse earned him ridicule as an eccentric and a crank. Yet, Richard Nash argues, the intensity of the response to Craige's work testifies to how widely felt the conflict was between the old and newly emergent notions of probability.Nash, Richard N. is the author of 'John Craige's Mathematical Principles of Christian Theology' with ISBN 9780809316625 and ISBN 0809316625.
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