DANIEL'S VISIONS OF THE GREAT IMAGES AND OF THE The successive empires of Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome Division of the Roman empire into ten kingdoms Rise among them of the Papacy The persecuting of the Saints, &c. Duration of its dominion CHAPTER III. DANIEL'S VISION OF THE RAM AND THE HE-GOAT. Persian Empire Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great Division of his empire iuto four kingdoms Duration of the Vision 2300 years Rise of Mahometanism in the East Character, conquest, prevalence, and fall of Mahometanism DANIEL'S LITERAL PROPHECY OF THE A.C. CHAPTER IV. Revealed in the days of Cyrus Page Xerxes invaded Greece 534 45 481 Three Kings in Persia from Cyrus to Xerxes 47 48 480 48 49 323 302 49 50 334-331 Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great His death, on the immediate consolidation of his empire 323* Subdivision of his empire into four kingdoms CHAPTER V. The Prophetic history of the Lagida and Ptolemy Lagus, king of Egypt, possessed at 311-281 Seleucus, strong above him, the greatest of 249 246 246 "In the end of years" peace was established The era of the Lagidæ commenced in this year, the very year of the death of Alexander; that of the Seleucidæ in 311, before Christ. A.C. 223-192 Antiochus the Great succeeds to the throne 191 of Syria, is defeated at Raphia by the Invasion of Greece by Antiochus the Great, 175 170 168 168 168 Assumption of the throne of Syria by An- He defeats Ptolemy Philometor, and sub- dues Egypt. Mutual deception prac tised between them. Antiochus Epi- phanes returns to Syria, and grievously Returning to Egypt, he is met by an em- bassy from the Roman Senate, which, when solicited, assumed the guardianship of the young king of Egypt, and An- tiochus retired from that country at the dictation of the ambassador of Rome Great cruelties again exercised by Antiochus The kingdom of Macedon conquered by the Subjection of Judea to the Romans; the Mosaic dispensation abolished by their instrumentality, and the abomination of desolation, or that maketh desolate,—ac- cording to the words of Christ, spoken of 33-313 The subversion of Judaism coincident with the propagation of Christianity. The A.D. 320 many to the faith, accompanied and fol- Page 74 77 379 445 CHAPTER VII. Rise of the papacy, and renewal of perse- History of the rise of the papal power Of Theodosius 529-533 Code of Justinian published. Letter and 730 755 The Emperor Leo, who destroyed images, The temporal dominion of the pope com- 770-800 The forged decretals and donation of Con- The honouring and invoking of tutelary Devotion paid to the Virgin Mary Canonization of saints Rich offerings to the saints, in their Dividing of the land for gain. Church lands CHAPTER VIII. THE INVASION AND OPPRESSION OF THE PAPAL KING- A.D. Page The invasion of the Saracens simulta- neous with the rise of Mahometanism THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST. CHAPTER IX. |