The Seven Churches Ages: Difference between revisions

NOTE: William Branham's book "An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages" (which is commonly referred to as the "Church Age Book" or the "CAB") contains all of the plagiarism noted in his sermon series on the Seven Church Ages which were delivered in December, 1960.  Most of the references in this article relating to the church ages are primarily to the actual sermons and not to the CAB.  While the CAB contains all of the plagiarized text referred to here, some have said that the plagiarism in the CAB was the direct result of the involvement of Lee Vayle and, therefore, cannot be attributed to William Branham himself.  The quotes contained below, however, clearly show that William Branham was the one that plagiarized Clarence Larkin's works.

|Now, the first church age started about A.D. 53, when Paul established the church in--in Ephesus... and the church age lapped over to 170.

|The character of the Church at Ephesus is a fair outline of the Church Period from A. D. 70 to A. D. 170

|...the very name "Ephesus" means "let go, relax, backslidden," called by God, "The backslidden church."

|Its character is seen in its very name, for Ephesus means to “let go,” “to relax.” It had become a Backslidden Church.

|...then started in the Smyrna Church Age which lasted from A.D. 170 until A.D. 312.

|...the Smyrna Church...extended from A. D. 170 to Constantine A. D. 312.

|Then come in the Pergamos Church Age, and the Pergamos Church Age begin at 312 and lasted till A.D. 606.  

|...Pergamos...extends from the accession of Constantine, A. D. 312 to A. D. 606, when Boniface III was crowned “Universal Bishop.”

|Then come in the Thyatira Church Age, and the church age of Thyatira begin at 606 and went to 1520, the dark ages.  

|The Message to the Church at Thyatira.  This Period extended from A. D. 606 to the Reformation A. D. 1520.

|And then the Sardis Church Age begin at 1520 and lasted till 1750, the Lutheran age.  

|The “Sardis Period” extended from A. D. 1520 to about A. D. 1750.

|Then from 1750, the next age come in was the Philadelphian, Wesley age; that begin at 1750 and lasted till 1906.

|The “Philadelphia Period” covers the time between A. D. 1750 and A. D. 1900.