6/22/2012

June 22: The Second-Longest Apocalypse

Queen Elizabeth I assumed the throne of England on June 22, 1558. This was not apocalyptic. But as the inauguration of the Elizabethan era, today's date is the best one available to note an anonymous pamphlet widely circulated around that time: "On the Ende of This World and the Second Coming of Christ: A Comfortable and Most Necessarie Discourse for These Miserable and Dangerous Dayes".

A distinguishing feature of this publication is the fact that it has the second-longest title of any doomsday tract (at least known of by me - see June 12 for the other one).