Footnote

a The world empire of false religion is identified in the Bible as “Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots,” a bloodstained queen whose “sins have massed together clear up to heaven.” (Revelation 17:3-6, 16-18; 18:5-7) For a detailed explanation of the identification of Babylon the Great, see the book Mankind’s Search for God, pages 368-71, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.