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Warren Skinner

Warren Skinner was a theological scholar whose work engaged with eschatological questions central to nineteenth-century Protestant thought. His treatise Christ's Kingdom in the Earth contributed to contemporary debates regarding the nature and timing of Christ's reign, reflecting the intellectual currents of millennial theology during his era. Skinner's writings remain significant for understanding the development of kingdom theology within historical Christian discourse.

From Christ's Kingdom in the Earth

Christ’s Kingdom in the Earth. SERMON, DELIVERED BEFORE TH HONORABLE LEGUSLAT URE or THE STATE OF VERMONE, MONTPELIER, BY REV. WARREN SKINNER MONTPEDBIER. PRINTED BY GEORGE W. HILL In Generar AssEMbLy, Oct, 10, 1834. Resolved, That.a Committee of two members be appointed to wait on the Rev. Warren Sxinner,—return him the thanks of this House, for his Election Sermon, detivered before both Houses of the Legislature, and request a copy thereof for the press : Which was read and passed. “1 true Copy, E. D. BARBER, Crerx. Rugg, Bequest 1957 DISCOURSE. Tex7r.—* My Kixcpom 1s noT or tH1s Worn.” John xvur. 36. From the concurrent testimony of sacred and profane history it is evident, that, about the time of our Saviour’s advent, a very general expectation prevailed, throughout the greater part of the world, of the speedy appearance of a most important personage in the earth. The Jewish prophets, from…

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