Texts and commentaries

John Cumming, The Great Tribulation; or, Things Coming on the Earth, Second Series (New York: Rudd & Carleton; London: Richard Bentley, 1860), Lecture XXI, 1867, printed pp. 9–10. Title and both source pages visually collated. Complete biblical epigraph and opening paragraph, ending before Elliot and Mede. Line-end hyphenation joined; whitespace normalized; italics rendered plain; small capitals rendered title case. Archive page-image n8 is the title, n14–15 are printed pp. 9–10.

Lecture XXI, pp. 9–10

M. Friedlander English translation, 1904 edition represented by Wikisource

Part II, chapters XXVII–XXIX

The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (Brooklyn, N.Y.), vol. XXXVII, no. 17, 1 September 1916, unsigned article “The Harvest Is Not Ended,” pp. 263–264 (reprint pp. [5949]–[5950]): the paragraph “We see no reason for doubting” through “also will appear with him.”; the section “Our Mistake Respecting the Harvest,” its first two paragraphs; the table “Jewish and Christian Parallels”; the first two sentences of the paragraph “We imagined”; and, from p. 265, the paragraph “Incidentally we remark”. Omissions marked “…”. Read in the Watch Tower Society’s reprint of the magazine, which sets two original pages on each reprint page with the original page numbers in parentheses: Internet Archive item magazines-the-watchtower-and-herald-christ-presence-1916, BookReader leaves 130–131 (reprint pp. [5949]–[5950]). Transcribed from the page images. Capitals of the section headings rendered in title case; the table set as rows with “|” between its columns; line-end hyphenation joined; whitespace normalized. C. T. Russell was editor.

pp. 263–265

[John Evelyn], The History of the Three Late Famous Impostors, viz. Padre Ottomano, Mahomed Bei, and Sabatai Sevi (London: Henry Herringman, 1669), “Sabatai Sevi”, p. 46 (Internet Archive bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-history-of-the-three_evelyn-john_1669, leaf n61). Transcribed from the EEBO-TCP keyed text (CC0; textcreationpartnership GitHub repository A38790). Long s (ſ) rendered s; TCP line-end hyphenation markers joined; page breaks joined; marginal notes and running heads omitted; roman and italic type not distinguished; spelling, capitalization and punctuation otherwise as keyed; omissions marked […]. Checked against the page image; the keyed I for italic J (Iewes, Iune) is retained as keyed. The Sabatai Sevi narrative in this book is the account Paul Rycaut later printed in his History of the Turkish Empire (1680), where he calls it “an issue of my Pen”.

p. 46

Paul Rycaut, The History of the Turkish Empire from the Year 1623 to the Year 1677 (London, 1680), “Anno 1666. Hegeira 1077.”: pp. 200–202 and 214–215 (Internet Archive b30326953, Wellcome Collection copy, leaves n307–n309, n321–n322). Reader unit: year heading and introduction (p. 200), pp. 201 (“According to the Predictions”) to 202 (“trade and interest.”), with the biography of Sabatai Sevi (pp. 201–202) omitted and marked […]. Note unit: pp. 214–215 from “But now Sabatai not having faith” to “their Mahometan Messiah.” Rycaut says the account first appeared elsewhere as “an issue of my Pen”; a near-identical text was printed anonymously in John Evelyn, The History of the Three Late Famous Impostors (London, 1669), which reads “month of June” where Rycaut prints “month of July” (Rycaut’s margin prints “June.”). Superscript “th” in “27th” lowered; marginal year notes “1666.” omitted. Long s (ſ) rendered s; ligatures expanded; roman and italic type not distinguished; line-end hyphenation joined; spacing normalized (one space after punctuation, paragraph breaks as blank lines); running heads, catchwords, signatures, marginal notes and reference asterisks omitted; spelling, capitalization, u/v and i/j usage and punctuation otherwise as printed; omissions inside the selection marked […]. Transcribed from the Internet Archive page images and checked against the item's OCR text layer.

Anno 1666, pp. 200–202, 214–215

1652 English text reset in Lucien Wolf, ed., Menasseh ben Israel's Mission to Oliver Cromwell (Macmillan/Jewish Historical Society of England, 1901); Project Gutenberg 62562, 2020, updated 2024

Sections 24–32, printed pp. 41–49

Public web reproduction; provenance limits stated

Opening fulfillment claim and two-path purification warning; epilogue distinguished

Public English web edition

Main institutional explanation before event videos

T. Beverley, The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering its Succession at 1697. According to a Calendar of Time (Printed in the Year 1689). Title page (leaf n0), the General Preface, first paragraphs, from “The Preface I intend” to “the Stage of Power” (leaf n12), and p. 61, from “Being thus assur’d then” to “the first Trumpet.” (leaf n78) (Internet Archive bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-kingdom-of-jesus-chr_beverley-thomas_1689). The running head of the discourse is “A Scripture Line of Time.” “Intencion” and “Costantine” are kept as printed. Long s (ſ) rendered s; ligatures expanded; roman and italic type not distinguished; line-end hyphenation joined; spacing normalized (one space after punctuation, paragraph breaks as blank lines); running heads, catchwords, signatures and marginal notes omitted; spelling, capitalization and punctuation otherwise as printed; omissions inside the selection marked […]. Transcribed from the Internet Archive page images and checked against the item’s OCR text layer.

Title page; General Preface; p. 61

Official Bahai Reference Library English HTML

Paragraphs37,85–93;note121

Bahá’í Reference Library English HTML; first English publication 1992 per About this publication

Kitáb-i-Aqdas paragraph 37; https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/kitab-i-aqdas/5; Kitáb-i-Aqdas paragraph 90; https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/kitab-i-aqdas/6

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PartOne Gospel quotation and sun/moon interpretation

Bahá’í Reference Library English HTML; first English publication 1931 per About this publication

About this publication; Part One, paragraphs 858099620 and 663902635; Part One notes 20–21

Hal Lindsey with C. C. Carlson, The Late Great Planet Earth (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, © 1970), eighty-first printing, November 1980, ISBN 0-310-27771-X; chapter “Israel, O Israel,” pp. 53–54, from “But the most important sign in Matthew” (p. 53, section “Perfect Parable”) through “believe that this is so.” (p. 54). Internet Archive item TheLateGreatPlanetEarthByHalLindsey, leaves 52–53, transcribed from the page images; copyright page leaf 4. Italics (“this generation”) rendered plain; line-end hyphenation joined; spaced dash as printed; whitespace normalized.

Chapter “Israel, O Israel,” pp. 53–54

William Whiston, The Literal Accomplishment of Scripture Prophecies. Being a full Answer to a late Discourse, of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion (London: Printed for J. Senex, in Fleetstreet; and W. Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXXIV [1724]), section VII, “Corrections and Improvements to the Essay on the Revelation of St. John” (from p. 93), p. 101, the correction to the Essay’s p. 237, lines 15–27, from “The Interval of this Vision” to “Chaldean or Julian Years.” (Internet Archive bim_eighteenth-century_the-literal-accomplishme_whiston-william_1724, leaf n104; title page n0, section heading n96). This copy carries manuscript annotations and pen strokes across the printed page; the transcription gives the printed text. A pen stroke covers the point after “1731”. The printed fraction after “365” is given as ¼. Long s (ſ) rendered s; ligatures expanded; roman and italic type not distinguished; line-end hyphenation joined; spacing normalized (one space after punctuation, paragraph breaks as blank lines); running heads, catchwords, signatures and marginal notes omitted; spelling, capitalization and punctuation otherwise as printed; omissions inside the selection marked […]. Transcribed from the Internet Archive page images.

p. 101

Official Gospel Library English transcript

Paragraphs on Isaiah, old Jerusalem and New Jerusalem; concluding appeal

José Argüelles, The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology (Santa Fe: Bear & Company, copyright 1987), ISBN 0-939680-38-6. Two sentences: chapter 2, “The Maya: Diviners of Harmony,” p. 45, and the section “The Mayan Harmonic Numerical System,” p. 203. Internet Archive item mayanfactorpathb0000argu, pp. 45 and 203, copyright page n5; transcribed from the page images. Small capitals in A.D. and B.C. rendered as capitals; […] marks the omission between the two pages.

Pp. 45 and 203

Official English HTML publication; text inspected using web tool

Third part of the secret, translated text ending Tuy-3-1-1944

Official Vatican English web text

Introduction, published secrets and theological commentary

CCEL electronic presentation of Sermons on Several Occasions, identified 1872 edition where stated; editorial notes not author text

Sermon 64; paragraphs 1–4 and conclusion

A Message from the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, Issue 30, December 2018, complete four-page document inspected; The Church of Jesus Christ, headquartered in Monongahela.

A Message from the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, Issue 30, December 2018, complete four-page document inspected; The Church of Jesus Christ, headquartered in Monongahela.

The Personall Reigne of Christ upon Earth (London, 1641), pp. 52–54 (Internet Archive bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-personall-raigne-of-_archer-john-preacher_1641, leaves n53–n55; EEBO microfilm image). Selected unit from “So then unto 360. or 366.” to “the full setting up of the Kingdome.” The title page of this copy prints “By Henry Archer, sometimes Preacher of All-Hallows Lumbart-street” with “Henry” struck through and “John” written in by hand; library catalogues attribute the work to John Archer. Printed misreadings “656.” (for 1656) and “Ganaan” retained. Long s (ſ) rendered s; ligatures expanded; roman and italic type not distinguished; line-end hyphenation joined; spacing normalized (one space after punctuation, paragraph breaks as blank lines); running heads, catchwords, signatures, marginal notes and reference asterisks omitted; spelling, capitalization, u/v and i/j usage and punctuation otherwise as printed; omissions inside the selection marked […]. Transcribed from the Internet Archive page images and checked against the item's OCR text layer.

pp. 52–54

Official Bahai Reference Library English HTML

Opening address through section I

IAPSOP historical scan; edition details noted separately

Title and PDF pp. 4–6, printed pp. 3–5

Edition stated above

Gylfaginning, translation chapters XVI–XVII, sections 55–59, pages 140–150

T.W. Rhys Davids, Sacred Books of the East XXXV (1890), book IV, chapter2, §§29–30, pp.225–226. Internet Sacred Text Archive transcription.

Book IV, chapter 2, sections 29–30, pp.225–226

Official English institutional HTML

Whole main position paper, especially two phases and imminence argument