PRETERISM'S PREMISES
Historical Christianity either:
Purposely hid preterist interpretation for over 2000 years
Ignorantly misunderstood basic eschatology for over 2000 years
This is the starting point for preterism. If a preterist attempts to claim that preterism was "always" the belief of Christianity, they are hard pressed to demonstrate that claim, so there can only be two possibilities as defined above.
Historical Christianity either:
Purposely hid preterist interpretation for over 2000 years
Ignorantly misunderstood basic eschatology for over 2000 years
This is the starting point for preterism. If a preterist attempts to claim that preterism was "always" the belief of Christianity, they are hard pressed to demonstrate that claim, so there can only be two possibilities as defined above.
Just because they are hard pressed doesn't keep them from trying. Bruce W. Gore, M.A., J.D., Whitworth University, where he has served on the adjunct faculty for over 20 years. He is also a preterist.
http://www.brucegore.com/www.brucewg...m/Default.aspx
He has a pretty good ten part series on the history of understanding the Apocalypse. In episode three he spends a large amount of time trying to show that Clement of Alexandria and Augustine were preterist. I have offered him corrections in the comment section at the bottom of the page. He accepted them.
https://youtu.be/Qeqz1S2tX7M
There are other criticisms I could have offered but didn't. He ignores the Epistle of Barnabas and the many similarities found in the Shepherd of Hermas. He also mostly ignores second temple literature before Christianity.
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