Apocalypse
In the first, second, and third chapters of this Book are contained instructions and admonitions which St. John was commanded to write to the seven bishops of the churches in Asia. And in the following chapters, to the end, are contained prophecies of things that are to come to pass in the Church of Christ, particularly towards the end of the world, in the time of Antichrist. It was written in Greek, in the island of Patmos, where St. John was in banishment by order of the cruel emperor Domitian, about sixty-four years after our Lord's Ascension.
St. John is ordered to write to the seven churches in Asia. The manner of Christ's appearing to him.
Directions what to write to the angels or bishops of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamus and Thyatira.
Directions what to write to Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.
The vision of the throne of God, the twenty-four ancients and the four living creatures.
The book sealed with seven seals is opened by the Lamb, who thereupon receives adoration and praise from all.
What followed upon opening six of the seals.
The number of them that were marked with the seal of the living God and clothed in white robes.
The seventh seal is opened. The angels with the seven trumpets.
Locusts come forth from the bottomless pit. The vision of the army of horsemen.
The cry of a mighty angel. He gives John a book to eat.
He is ordered to measure the temple. The two witnesses.
The vision of the woman clothed with the sun and of the great dragon her persecutor.
Of the beast with seven heads and of a second beast.
Of the Lamb and of the virgins that follow him. Of the judgments that shall fall upon the wicked.
They that have overcome the beast glorify God. Of the seven angels with the seven vials.
The seven vials are poured out. The plagues that ensue.
The description of the great harlot and of the beast upon which she sits.
The fall of Babylon. Kings and merchants lament over her.
The saints glorify God for his judgments on the great harlot. Christ's victory over the beast and the kings of the earth.
Satan is bound for a thousand years. The souls of the martyrs reign with Christ in the first resurrection. The last attempts of Satan against the church. The last judgment.
The new Jerusalem described.
The water and tree of life. The conclusion.