The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 3

VI. Bishop Caulfeild-Papal 1260 Years from 533 to 1792

CHARLES CAULFEIID, or Caulfield (1804-1862), Irish vicar of Kilcock and rector of Downings, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, with a B.A. in 1826 and an M.A., B.D., and D.D. in 1858. Caulfeild was ordained a deacon in 1827, and an Anglican priest the year following. He was made perpetual curate of Clamantagh in 1832, was rector of Kilcock 1832-43, and rector of Creagh 1843-58. He became archdeacon of the Bahamas in 1858 and bishop of Nassau 1861-62. ⁷⁸ PFF3 652.3

1. BABYLON Is ROME; SEVENTY WEEKS BEGIN 458 B.C

In the field of prophetic interpretation Caulfeild wrote The Fall of Babylon, as Exhibited in Prophecy (1839). Establishing Rome as the seven-hilled city of the Apocalypse, he applies the prophecy of Revelation 17 specifically to papal Rome, ⁷⁹ after the breakup of the empire and the establishment of Christianity. ⁸⁰ The 1260 years, in the several presentations, are always the period of this power, ⁸¹ and the seventy weeks begin in 458 B.C., on the year-day principle. ⁸² PFF3 652.4

2. 1260 YEARS DATED 533-1792

The ten horns of Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 are plainly the ten divisions of Rome. ⁸³ And the blood of the saints was shed by the terrible Inquisition. ⁸⁴ The timing of the 1260 years Caulfeild places from 533 to 1792 -from Justinian to the French Revolution, the great “earth quake” that fixes one of the great eras in the history of earth. ⁸⁵ Bishop Caulfeild simply held the standard positions. PFF3 653.1