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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Oecumenius
"And", he says, "he carried me away in the Spirit into a desert." The desert foreshadows her coming desolation. "And I saw", he says, "a woman sitting on a scarlet beast." The "beast", he says, is the Devil upon whom it rested, and by whom it was commanded; "scarlet" because it had been stained with the blood of the saints. And the "beast" was "full of blasphemous names"; for the Devil, who is attributed to it, sins against God in the worship due to God. …
Western Saints
Bede
Having seven heads and ten horns. That is, having the kings of the world and kingdoms, whose glory he also showed to the Lord on the mountain. And as we have said above, the number seven and ten often indicate universality.
Victorinus of Pettau
"And I saw the woman herself sitting upon the scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy." But to sit upon the scarlet beast, the author of murders, is the image of the devil. Where also is treated of his captivity, concerning which we have fully considered. I remember, indeed, that this is called Babylon also in the Apocalypse, on account of confusion; and in Isaiah also; and Ezekiel called it Sodom. …
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