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Character (I)

Rev. xiii. 6. xiv. 9. xvi. 2. xix. 20. xx. 4.I. CHARACTER, the Character or Mark of the Beast or Antichrist, mentioned in the Revelations, is nothing else but the number of Letters which compose his name, according to the numerical value of these Letters. See what we have said above concerning Antichrist.

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