The
Catholic Church Described and Condemned by Jesus

17 And
there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and
talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment
of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

² With
whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the
inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her
fornication.

(the fornication mentioned is the agreement the kings of Europe made
with the Catholic church, actually giving the Catholic church power
over them as monarchs, until Henry the 8th on England first broke away
from that agreement).

³ So
he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman
sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having
seven heads and ten horns.

⁴ And
the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with
gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand
full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

⁵ And
upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery,
Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.

⁶ And
I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the
blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with
great admiration.

⁷ And
the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee
the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which
hath the seven heads and ten horns.

⁸ The
beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the
bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth
shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the
foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is
not, and yet is.

⁹ And
here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

¹⁰ And
there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is
not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

¹¹ And
the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the
seven, and goeth into perdition.

¹² And
the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no
kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

¹³ These
have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

¹⁴ These
shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he
is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are
called, and chosen, and faithful.

¹⁵ And
he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore
sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

¹⁶ And
the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the
whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh,
and burn her with fire.

¹⁷ For
God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give
their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

¹⁸ And
the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the
kings of the earth.