CHAPTER II. Of the Time, when the Apocalypse appears to have been written and published

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CHAPTER III. The Testimony of Irenæus and of other Fathers in the Church before him; of Ignatius ; of Polycarp; of the Writer of the Epistle describing Polycarp's Martyrdom ; and of Papias

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CHAPTER IV. The Testimony of Justin Martyr; of Athenagoras; of the Churches in Gaul; of Melito; Theophilus ; Apollonius ; Clemens of Alexandria ; and Tertullian

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CHAPTER V. The Evidence against the Apocalypse during its first Century; the rejection of it by Marcion, and by the Alogi; their Objections, so far as they relate to external Evidence, examined

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CHAPTER VI. The Testimonies of Hippolytus and of Origen ; the Objections of Caius, and of Dionysius of Alerandria, and of others preceding him. Animadversions on the Conclusions of Michaelis, respecting this Evidence

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CHAPTER VII.
The Testimonies of Gregory of Neocæsarea ; of
Dionysius of Alerandria ; of his private Opi-
nion; the Testimonies of other Writers in the same
Century; of Eusebius, and of the Writers in his
Time, and after him; of the Reception of the
Apocalypse at the Reformation

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CHAPTER VIII. The internal Evidence respecting the Apocalypse; from the Completion of its Prophecies; from its Correspondence in point of Doctrine and of Imagery with other. Books of Divine Authority : Objections of Michaelis answered. True character of the Beauty and Sublimity in this Book ; Argument thence derived; Comparison of the Apocalypse with other Writings of the same Age, Hermas and the Second Book of Esdras. Objection arising from the Obscurity of the Book anstoered

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CHAPTER IX. Of the internal Evidence respecting the Question, whether the Apocalypse was written by St. John. Dr. Lardner's Opinion; Opinions of others. Arguments of Dionysius of Alexandria, under five Heads ; Answers thereto, and to the Objections of Michaelis. Enquiry whether John the Evangelist, and John the Divine, were by the Ancients accounted the same Person. Evidence, from a Passage in the Book, that it was written by St. John. Recapitulation and Conclusion

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A

DISSERTATION,

IN WHICH

THE EVIDENCE

FOR THE

AUTHENTICITY AND DIVINE INSPIRATION

OF THE

APOCAL Y PSE

IS STATED;

AND VINDICATED FROM THE OBJECTIONS OF THE

LATE PROFESSOR,

J. D. MICHAELIS.