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1511:, Volume 8, Number 5 (May 1997). "The Woman in Revelation 12 is part of the fusion imagery/polyvalent symbolism that is found in the book. She has four referents: Israel, the Church, Eve, and Mary. The Woman is Eve because she is part of the three-way conflict also involving her Seed and the Dragon, who is identified with the ancient serpent (the one from Eden) in 20:2. This mirrors the conflict in Genesis 3:15 between Eve, the serpent, and her unborn seedâwhich in turn is a symbol of the conflict between Mary, Satan, and Jesus."
1060:"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought against Michael; And the dragon prevailed not against Michael, neither the child, nor the woman which was the church of God, who had been delivered of her pains, and brought forth the kingdom of our God and his Christ. (Revelation 12:1â17 JST)
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519:" in which the angels cast out the dragon. The dragon attacks the woman, but the woman escapes on her wings for "a time, times and a time and a half". The dragon then attacks her again with a flood of water from his mouth, which is subsequently swallowed by earth. Frustrated, the dragon initiates war on "the remnant of her seed", identified as the righteous followers of Christ. The Woman of the Apocalypse is widely identified as the
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Apostle continues: 'And being with child, she cried out, laboring in birth, and was in pain to be delivered. ' Therefore John
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states that "The woman adorned with the sun, the moon, and the stars (images taken from
Genesis 37:9â10) symbolizes Godâs people in the Old and the New Testament. The Israel of old gave birth to the Messiah (Rev 12:5) and then became the new Israel, the church, which suffers persecution by the dragon
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Fathers, use words and events from sacred Scripture with some freedom to explain their belief in the Assumption... . And furthermore, the Scholastic doctors have
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12:1â3 as a foresight to the Virgin Mary, both the mother of God and the mother of church; taking
Revelation 12 as a reference to Mary, Israel, and the Church as a threefold symbolism through the Book of Isaiah and affirms Mary as the mother of Jesus Christ as the prophetic fulfilment described in
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The woman is again mentioned in 12:13, as she is persecuted by the dragon, and she escapes on her "two wings of a great eagle" (12:14). The dragon attempts to inundate her place of refuge, by "water as a flood" emerging from his mouth (12:15), but the flood is swallowed up by the earth (12:16), so
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Translation. #24: "... she who was the one 'full of grace' was brought into the mystery of Christ in order to be his Mother and thus the Holy Mother of God, through the Church remains in that mystery as 'the woman' spoken of by the Book of
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Arsène Heitz (1908â1989), one of the designers who had submitted proposals for the flag's design, in 1987, following the adoption of the flag by the EEC, laid claim such a religious inspiration. Heitz also made a connection to the date of the flag's adoption, 8 December 1955, coinciding with the
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Then there is "a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads" (12:3) who is about to "devour her child as soon as it was born" (12:4). But her child is "caught up unto God" (12:5), and the woman herself is "fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place
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Both Marian veneration and the interpretation of the Woman of the
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The woman flees into the wilderness where she is nourished for 1260 days, the equivalent of three and a half years or forty-two months (cf. Rev. 12:6). According to this interpretation, these terms are used prophetically in
Scripture either for the first half or the last half of the
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Paul VI, Signum Magnum, May 13, 1967 AAS 59: "The great sign which the
Apostle John saw in heaven, 'a woman clothed with the sun' is interpreted by the sacred liturgy, not without foundation, as referring to the most Blessed Mary, the Mother of all men by the grace of Christ the
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saw the Most Holy Mother of God already enjoying eternal happiness, and yet laboring from some hidden birth. With what birth? Surely ours, we who, being yet detained in exile, are still to be brought forth to the perfect love of God and eternal happiness."
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of the twelfth chapter of
Revelation. Some in the church interpret the woman to be a symbol of the earth. Baptisms of fire and water being poured upon the earth and the sun clothing the earth daily are just a couple examples of this reference.
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has a dream of the Sun and Moon symbolizing his father and mother, and stars representing his eleven brothers, which bow down to him. The Old Testament's prophets referred to Israel as a "woman" (Isaiah 54:5â6; Jeremiah 4:31; Micah 4:9â10).
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Revelation 12 describes "a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars" (12:1). The woman is pregnant and about to give birth, "travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered" (12:2).
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who promoted the religion and were "the educators of the nation, and who shone as stars in the heaven of guidance." BahĂĄ'Ă Faith recognizes the child she bears after a period of 1,260 days to rule all nations with a rod of iron to be
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considered the Assumption of the Virgin Mother of God as signified not only in the various figures of the Old Testament, but also in that woman clothed with the sun, whom the Apostle John contemplated on the island of Patmos."
1040:(1871â1944) in his interpretation of Revelation notes of the astronomical attributes of the woman in Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and Egyptian mythologies. He takes the crown of twelve stars as representing the
970:. There are several reasons given to support this interpretation. The woman is said to be clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, and twelve stars. These symbols are drawn from Genesis 37:9â11, in which
703:(Revelation 12:5), since he is destined to "rule all nations with a rod of iron" (Revelation 12:5). The dragon trying to devour the woman's child at the moment of his birth (Revelation 12:4) is a reference to
515:, who intends to devour the child as soon as he is born. When the child is taken to heaven, the woman flees on eagleâs wings into the wilderness at a "place prepared of God" for 1,260 days. This leads to a "
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preservation uses imagery that encompasses many moments in the story of God's people. This allows the story to apply to people in many times and places."
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1720:. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans.
1509:This Rock (Catholic Answers Magazine)
1297:"The History of Joseph the Carpenter"
1080:The First Church of Christ, Scientist
32:...And the Woman Clothed with the Sun
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1182:LâEurope violĂŠe par la Sainte Vierge
987:and his people, Israel (Dan. 9:24).
1274:"Homilia in laudes Mariae deiparae"
889:identifies itself as the end-time "
1168:Feast of the Immaculate Conception
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893:" described in Revelation 12:17.
763:Many depictions of Mary from the
621:(late 6th c. / early 7th c.) and
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1658:, BahĂĄâĂ International Community
1174:. The French satirical magazine
574:Then there is a description of "
30:. For the Hannibal episode, see
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2240:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
606:History of Joseph the Carpenter
301:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
45:â painting by Ferenc Szoldatits
1788:. Cambridge: University Press.
1270:Epiphanius Salaminis Episcopus
1220:Revelation 12 NABRE Footnote b
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789:Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei
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1757:Commentary on the Apocalypse
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νὴ ĎÎľĎΚβξβΝΡΟÎνΡ Ďὸν ៼ΝΚον
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1746:Marianisches Wallfahrtsbuch
1743:Rohrmayer, Michael (1844).
866:In Revelation 2:18â29, the
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1606:The Apocalypse of St. John
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1663:Baker Eddy, Mary (1910).
1603:Bulgakov, Sergei (1948).
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1232:"Real politics, at last?"
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1708:On Christ and Antichrist
812:On Christ and Antichrist
366:Resurrection of the dead
137:Post-tribulation rapture
19:Not to be confused with
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1809:Radiation of Fatherhood
1716:Koester, Craig (2001).
1684:Gialdino, C.C. (2005).
1652:Some Answered Questions
901:Second Coming of Christ
460:Woman of the Apocalypse
406:Woman of the Apocalypse
2300:Three Angels' Messages
2280:Seven churches of Asia
1784:Brading, D.A. (2001).
1372:July 13, 2013, at the
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952:Islamic lunar calendar
785:Our Lady of the Rosary
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2471:World English Version
2245:Four Living Creatures
1754:Suggit, J.N. (2006).
1649:âAbduâlâBahĂĄ (2014),
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1092:Our Lady of Guadalupe
1012:the archangel Michael
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507:, identified as the
500:(written c. AD 95).
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2270:Number of the Beast
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1593:, pp. 123â124.
1553:"Who's That Woman?"
1172:Blessed Virgin Mary
778:Virgin of Guadalupe
619:Andreas of Caesarea
422:Christianity portal
356:Number of the Beast
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61:Contrasting beliefs
2527:Virgin Mary in art
2507:Marian apparitions
2497:Catholic Mariology
2492:Book of Revelation
2461:King James Version
1874:Book of Revelation
1814:2017-02-22 at the
1188:, pp. 80â85).
1177:Le Canard enchaĂŽnĂŠ
1074:(1875) written by
1052:In Joseph Smith's
868:Church in Thyatira
808:Hippolytus of Rome
724:Assumption of Mary
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529:New American Bible
498:Book of Revelation
481:Mulier amicta sole
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43:Book of Revelation
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1767:978-0-8132-0112-2
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623:Oikoumenios
615:Cassiodorus
537:Protestants
521:Virgin Mary
486:Virgin Mary
381:Seven seals
376:Seven bowls
67:Historicism
2486:Categories
2446:Greek Text
2395:Papyrus 18
2367:Authorship
2295:Son of Man
2020:Armageddon
1491:2023-08-10
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1110:References
992:Antichrist
842:Protestant
742:Veneration
668:Revelation
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494:Chapter 12
341:Man of sin
286:Armageddon
276:Apocalypse
271:Antichrist
220:Revelation
189:Matthew 24
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2050:Jerusalem
2045:Euphrates
1196:Citations
1166:Catholic
1006:, in the
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562:Narrative
346:New Earth
291:The Beast
260:Key terms
94:Preterism
2341:Idealist
2331:Futurist
2315:Wormwood
2184:Naphtali
2174:Manasseh
2136:Issachar
2121:Benjamin
2090:Thyatira
2065:Pergamum
2055:Laodicea
1885:chapters
1812:Archived
1736:45620640
1370:Archived
1086:See also
720:Pius XII
554:and the
321:Katechon
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223:(Events)
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82:Futurism
2439:Sources
2360:Related
2199:Zebulun
2179:Michael
2149:Jezebel
2099:Persons
2040:Ephesus
2030:Babylon
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1170:of the
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591:History
496:of the
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243:1 Enoch
184:Mark 13
2209:Events
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2159:Joseph
2144:Christ
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2080:Smyrna
2075:Sardis
2060:Patmos
2013:Places
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1042:Zodiac
985:Daniel
972:Joseph
968:Israel
861:saints
833:, and
827:Church
825:, the
823:Israel
726:. And
712:Pius X
659:, and
641:angels
552:Europe
535:Among
505:dragon
162:Daniel
2230:Beast
2164:Judah
2141:Jesus
2126:David
2111:Balak
2106:Asher
2085:Sodom
2035:Egypt
1882:Bible
1656:(PDF)
1115:Notes
1004:Jesus
1000:Satan
943:Islam
927:Islam
701:Jesus
513:Satan
509:Devil
476:Latin
468:Greek
2169:Levi
2154:John
2025:Asia
1762:ISBN
1732:OCLC
1722:ISBN
1692:ISBN
1671:ISBN
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885:The
835:Mary
817:The
548:flag
511:and
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