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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 17 – Babylon, the Mother
witness, silver is scarcely known, and gold

itself looks but poorly. And from the golden

cup in her hand, — symbol of purity of

doctrine and profession, which should have

contained only that which is unadulterated

and pure, or, explaining the figure, only that

which is in full accordance with truth, — there

came forth only abominations, and wine of her

fornication, fit symbol of her abominable

doctrines, and still more abominable

practices.

This woman is explicitly called Babylon. Is

Rome, then, Babylon, to the exclusion of all

other religious bodies? — No, from the fact

that she is called the mother of harlots, as

already noticed, which shows that there are

other independent religious organizations