Who was it that posted that Babylon is the code word in Scripture that means the Catholic church?
yes and where did they get their ‘SSDR’ scriptural Secret Decoder Ring?
Inventive protestants who can time warp as well as use their secret decoder ring to INTERPRET Scripture...
Babylon was mentioned multiple time in the Old testament in a period of history prior to the founding of Rome or the birth of Christ.
If Scripture is divinely inspired then how did Babylon, the city, time warp into the new Testament?
AMDG
Obviously, it stands for something else.
How did the Woman in Heaven transmogrify into Mary?
In this thread.....
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Bishop of Rome
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2482796/posts
“Peter’s presence in Rome in indicated in his first letter. The name “Babylon” is used here as a cryptic name for the city of Rome, a characteristic of writings done during times of persecution. During Peter’s time (witnessed by his own martyrdom) and most New Testament times (witness the Book of Revelation—classic persecution literature), Rome took on the characteristics of the most outstanding example of a world power hostile to God—ancient Babylon. “