183. [184.] 48. The fact is that the book of Revelation has as its subject the two religious systems in the Christian world-the system existing among Protestants, and the system existing among Papists. These systems constitute the whole of Christianity, for they are the prevailing ones. The religious system among Protestants is founded on faith alone, which has devastated the church, and the system among Papists is founded on the vicarious power of the Lord lodged in the popes and its primates and subalterns and extending over the church, thus over people's souls, and also over heaven. The book of Revelation deals with these two prevailing religious systems, which were rejected by the Last Judgment, a subject we will take up later.