Complete Ecclesiastical Chart

Complete Ecclesiastical Chart by Richard Cunningham Shimeall. This early 19th-century work presents a highly illustrated chart that purports to connect sacred history, civil history, and prophecy from creation to the modern era. The central allegorical picture contrasts the Jewish and Christian dispensations, showing the Gospel's rise against paganism, and the triumphs of the Christian church over pagan, papal, and infidel powers. The text includes an extended explanation (Explanation) and a two-part bifurcated arrangement: Part I, the Era of the Jewish Church (divided into six periods), and Part II, the Era of the Christian Church (divided into four great periods). It provides a Century-by-century outline (Centuries I–XIX) with accompanying prophetic interpretations drawn from Revelation and Daniel, including the two apostasies of Mohammedanism and Papal Rome, the reign of Antichrist, and the Millennium. The author cautions about interpretive uncertainty, invites readers to judge and compare, and aims to supply a comprehensive visual history of religious and political change up to the end of time.