Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Revelation 17:5

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 64, footnote 9 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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CCEL Footnote 1004 (In-Text, Margin)

12. Read the apocalypse of John, and consider what is sung therein of the woman arrayed in purple, and of the blasphemy written upon her brow, of the seven mountains, of the many waters, and of the end of Babylon.[Revelation 17:4-5] “Come out of her, my people,” so the Lord says, “that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” Turn back also to Jeremiah and pay heed to what he has written of like import: “Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul.” For “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul ...