1. The document describes visions from the books of Daniel and Revelation involving symbols of beasts representing kingdoms. 2. It identifies the beasts as representing Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome and its divided states. 3. It argues that the "little horn" power that persecuted God's people for 1260 years represents the Papacy, based on characteristics from the visions like having eyes and a boastful mouth.