Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

Excerpt from The Divine History of the Church; Or a Catechism of the Apocalypse: With a Plan of the Apocalyptic Drama, and a Chronological Table of the Principal Events Prefigured Arranged According to the Apocalyptic Time To the generality of Christians the Apocalypse is as much a Sealed Book as if the Lamb had never prevailed to open the Seals. They have a vague idea that the Church of Rome is the mystical Babylon, and is in some way or other to be destroyed; that the final judgment is foretold in Chap. xx. and the happiness of heaven in Chapters xxi. and xxii. But this is the extent of their knowledge. How many learned Divines too have busied themselves in Ecclesiastical history without ever referring to that Divine History of the Church which we have in the Apocalypse. Volumes have been written on Church History, and greedily perused; the press has swarmed with them; and yet that Church History which Christ has himself vouchsafed to his Church has been neglected and despised. To remedy this evil in some degree, the present work has been undertaken. The points chiefly aimed at have been clearness and perspicuity. For this reason the catechetical form has been adopted as the one most suited to elicit the truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.