through the old canones,1 codices,2 decrees, and writings to shed some light on the importance of the years 508 and 538, which are generally not found in ordinary history books because historians are not interested in the prophetic significance of these dates. —The termination of the 1,260 days, in 1798, raises the question about the beginning of this period. By simply deducting 1260 from 1798, we come to the year 538 as the starting point of this time