Vitringa’s most notable work was
Anacrisis Apocalypseos Joannis Apostoli (1705), which was considered a major event, in the history of prophetic theology at the turn of the 18th century. He drew extensively on the
Clavis Apocalyptica (1627), by
Joseph Mede (1586-1638). Vitringa’s work was regarded the first major study to analyze the
Book of Revelation as a structured chronological outline of the history of the Christian church. His interpretation of the Apocalypse was that of a coded description of the history of the New Testament Church. Though Vitringa had integrated the
historical method of
Hugo Grotius in past work, he rejected the view of Grotius and
Bossuet that associated John’s visions exclusively to early
Christendom. ==References==