>>13784064>Revelation 17:5 KJV And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
In 251 AD Cyprian, bishop of Carthage declared “He can no longer have God for his Father, who has not the church for his mother.”.
The religion of Roman Catholcism after that took on the name "Mother church". Also, at the Council of Ephesus, where they once cried "Great is Diana of the Ephesians" (Acts 19:34).
They now exalted Mary as the "Theotokos", "the bearer" or "Mother of God".
>Revelation 18:7 KJVHow much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Mary in Roman Catholcism is known as the "Queen of Heaven"... "I sit a queen".
>Revelation 17:6 KJVAnd 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.
Millions and millions of bible believing Christians tortured, burned and killed in the most gruesome ways in the name of "heresy" all throughout history.
From the Waldensians to the Albigensians and all throughout the dark ages (that is also why it is known as the dark ages).
If anybody is interested you can read about many of these stories in the "Foxe's Book of Martyrs".
