See generally [§280] Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]; [§281] Rev 17:3: A Woman Sits on a Scarlet Beast [Roman Empire]. ↩︎

See Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 710; M. Russell Ballard, CR, October 1994, “Restored Truth”, 85; Talmage, AF, 200; Joseph Fielding Smith, ECH, 9; Matthews, SWRM, 51; and generally [§221] Rev 13:5: Satan Has a Mouth [Power] Given Him 42 Months. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 383-384; Draper, RJA, 647-648. ↩︎

See Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 710; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 17:4]; Poole, MPEA [Rev 17:4]; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 17:4-5]. ↩︎

See Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 17:4]; Keener, IVPNT, 763; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 221; Schaff, SPC [Rev 17:4]. ↩︎

See 1 Ne 13:8; Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1036; Zerr, EMZ [Rev 17:4]; Knollys, HKCR [Rev 17:4]; Roberts, DFS, Vol. 1, 90. ↩︎

See Rich, SML, Vol. 1, 115-116; Roberts, SCT, Vol. 2, 180; Stuy, CD, Vol. 4, 131. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 384; Pett, PPCB [Rev 17:4]; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 535-536; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 528; cf. 1 Cor 3:11-13; Rev 18:16-17; and generally [§301] Rev 18:11-16: Merchants of the Earth Shall Weep and Mourn. ↩︎

See Poole, MPEA [Rev 17:4]; Edwards, FBNT [Rev 17:4]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 17:4]; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 17:4-5]. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 383. ↩︎

See Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 52; Donald W. Parry, UST, 285; Walvoord, BKCNT, 970; Henry, MHC, 2481; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 222; Beza, GSG [Rev 17:4]. ↩︎

See Jay A. Parry, UBR, 222; Draper, OSS, 188, 275; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 17:4]. ↩︎

See Rev 19:7-8; Draper, RJA, 649; and generally [§308] Rev 19:7-8: Marriage of the Lamb and His Wife [the Church]. ↩︎

See Joseph Fielding McConkie, RR, 344-345; and generally [§223] Rev 13:7: Satan’s Wars Overcome the Saints. ↩︎

See Watt, JD, Vol. 18, 172; Watt, JD, Vol. 25, 17; Zion’s, HR, 138; and generally [§57] Rev 6:11: The “Great Apostasy” During the Fifth Seal; [§164] The “Flood” During the Gap in Daniel 11; [§221] Rev 13:5: Satan Has a Mouth [Power] Given Him 42 Months. ↩︎

See generally [§219] Rev 13:3: Imperial Rome Dies and Papal Rome Lives On. ↩︎

See Joseph Fielding Smith, PM, 148; Franklin D. Richards, CDG, 168; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 381; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 382. ↩︎

See 1 Ne 14:9; Rulon S. Wells, CR, October 1905, 54; Nyman, FNDF, 180; Pett, PPCB [Rev 17:4]; and generally [§216] John’s Vision of the Two Beasts Compared with Nephi’s Visions; [§280] Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]. ↩︎

See Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 17:4-5]; Draper, RJA, 654. ↩︎

See generally [§280] Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]. ↩︎

See Rev 17:5; and generally [§283] Rev 17:5: The Name of the Great Whore Is Babylon the Great. ↩︎

See Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 17:2]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 17:4]; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 17:4]; Ice, BSNT [Rev 17:3-6]; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 17:4]. ↩︎

See Watt, JD, Vol. 17, 265-266; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 384; Seiss, ALBR, 390; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 17:4]; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 17:4]. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 384; Donald W. Parry, UST, 290; Brewster, DCE, 3-4; Easton, IBD, 10; Draper, RJA, 655. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 384; Daniel H. Ludlow, CSDC, Vol. 1, 219; Draper, RJA, 649-650. ↩︎

See Draper, OSS, 188; Whedon, WCB [Rev 17:4]; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 17:4]; Zerr, EMZ [Rev 17:4]; Knollys, HKCR [Rev 17:4]. ↩︎

See Black, 1989 Sperry, 12; Daniel H. Ludlow, CSBM, 105-106; Anthony W. Ivins, CR, April 1917, 52; Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 3, 267; Horsley, PP, 131; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 554. ↩︎

See Donald W. Parry, UST, 291; Watt, JD, Vol. 23, 255; Rich, SML, Vol. 1, 291; Joseph Fielding McConkie, DCBM, Vol. 1, 268. ↩︎

See Hugh B. Brown, CR, April 1958, 109; Matthias Cowley, CTD, 13-14; Millet, GT, 142; Talmage, GA, 159. ↩︎

See Victor L. Ludlow, P&P, 617; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 40; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 569; Joseph Fielding Smith, PM, 468-469. ↩︎