To get some background on author J.A. Wylie, please go to Who is James A. Wylie?
Dear reader, this is some outstanding information on the "woman" riding on the back of the beast, in the book of Revelation, that is, the Roman Catholic church and the Papacy.
Revelation 17:3
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman
sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven
heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman
was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious
stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations
and filthiness of her fornication:
Preface to the People's Edition
Book One: History of the Papacy
Book
Two: Dogmas of the Papacy
Book
Three: The Genius and Influence of the Papacy
Book
Four: Present Policy and Prospects of the Papacy
This html format was from text files downloaded from The Bible Presbyterian site, go to their site to download these and other books to your hard drive.
Their website is
at http://www.bpc.org.
Read also Revelation Ch 17-18
Read also The History of Protestantism by Rev. J. A. Wylie