![]() ![]() Hobby provided links to six separate newspaper accounts, but they appear to read word for word the same. ![]() The first bit of evidence that Hobby offered is newspaper accounts of a presentation that Lady Elizabeth Blount, founder of the Universal Zetetic Society (and heir apparent of Samuel Rowbotham, who unleashed the flat-earth movement in the 19th century) gave a public address on the earth being flat to an audience in London’s Exeter Hall on March 7, 1906. The Case for Bullinger Being a Flat-Earther Appearances It is very important that we look for explicit statements from Bullinger himself affirming that he believed the earth to be flat. Let us go through each point made in this article. ![]() So, where do flat-earthers get the idea that Bullinger was a flat-earther? Perhaps the best source for this claim is a document prepared by Kevin Hobby. So, where do flat-earthers get the idea that Bullinger was a flat-earther? The Official Organ of Prophetic Conferences between 1894–1915 (the publication ceased shortly after Bullinger’s death). Bullinger founded and published the journal Things to Come: A Journal of Biblical Literature, with Special Reference to Prophetic Truth. He also authored a book on Numerology ( Number in Scripture, 1894) and the gospel in the stars ( Witness of the Stars, 1893) ( I have been critical of the latter). As a dispensationalist, many of Bullinger’s books are popular among dispensationalists today. A prolific writer, Bullinger was the general editor of The Companion Bible and wrote commentaries on much of the Bible. From age 29 until his death, Bullinger was the clerical secretary of the Trinitarian Bible Society, during which he oversaw several important projects. ![]() Bullinger sided with low church advocates in the low church/high church debate of the Victorian era, which may explain his departure from active pastoral positions. Bullinger was an Anglican priest and held pastoral positions in the Anglican Church from 1861 until 1888. Bullinger (1837–1913) usually is described as an Anglican theologian. Before addressing that question, I ought to explain who Bullinger was. ![]()
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