The Whore is the city that sits on seven hills, namely, Rome, as in the Rome that represents the authority and reign of Caesar Nero, who was the "beast" signified by 666 or 616, depending on which language his name was calculated from.

qsr nrw (roughly the English equivalent of the Hebrew consonants) equals 666 in Hebrew numerology. The same calculations applied to those consonants in Greek would equal 616.

Secular Rome is the Whore because it was under her authority that Ss. Peter and Paul were arrested and executed. Rome represented to the first-century reader of St. John's Apocalypse the epicenter of governmental and societal power and influence.

Holy Church was inaugurated at Pentecost in Jerusalem because the Gospel came both TO and FROM the Israelites first; the Church was established at Rome precisely because the Apostles shed their blood for the Faith there and because the Church's witness to the world included the Gentiles and no place better represented Godless paganism and debauchery than Rome under Nero.

Don't let the Dimond brothers or any of the Newchurch people who are infected with Protestantism fool you; St. John's vision was of the entire scope of salvation history, and the people and powers at Rome made for compelling representatives of spiritual truths.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, triumph soon!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

Interestingly there are seven kings mentioned during the time when the Whore is reigning and the righteous Woman has been caught away to safety... I wonder:

1. John XXIII
2. Paul VI
3. John Paul I
4. John Paul II
5. Benedict XVI
6. Francis I
7. ???

Maybe there will be one last Conciliar antipope before the whole false thing comes crashing down?

No way do I ascribe to any of this to any great degree. Just trying to stimulate discussion.

The Whore is the city that sits on seven hills, namely, Rome, as in the Rome that represents the authority and reign of Caesar Nero, who was the "beast" signified by 666 or 616, depending on which language his name was calculated from.

qsr nrw (roughly the English equivalent of the Hebrew consonants) equals 666 in Hebrew numerology. The same calculations applied to those consonants in Greek would equal 616.

Secular Rome is the Whore because it was under her authority that Ss. Peter and Paul were arrested and executed. Rome represented to the first-century reader of St. John's Apocalypse the epicenter of governmental and societal power and influence.

Holy Church was inaugurated at Pentecost in Jerusalem because the Gospel came both TO and FROM the Israelites first; the Church was established at Rome precisely because the Apostles shed their blood for the Faith there and because the Church's witness to the world included the Gentiles and no place better represented Godless paganism and debauchery than Rome under Nero.

Don't let the Dimond brothers or any of the Newchurch people who are infected with Protestantism fool you; St. John's vision was of the entire scope of salvation history, and the people and powers at Rome made for compelling representatives of spiritual truths.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, triumph soon!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

Nero is a type of the beast, a foreshadowing; there is a lot of symbolism and mystery in the Apocalypse. The Church has never taught that it's all as cut and dried as the above account would have it.