| − | :Note to the reader: In regard to the number [[Number of the Beast|666]] as applied to VICARIUS FILII DEI "''Vicar of the Son of God''" in this article, the name of the woman who started [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventism]], Ellen Gould White, in Latin characters, calculated by the value of Latin characters as Roman numerals, also adds up to 666: <br> E = 0 — L = 50 — L = 50 — E = 0 — N = 0: = 100 <br> G = 0 — O = 0 — U = 5 — L = 50 — D = 500: = 555 (Latin V is U as in JVLIVS Julius)<br> W = 10 — H = 0 — I = 1 — T = 0 — E = 0: = 11 (Latin W double-U is VV 5+5 = 10)<br> 100 + 555 + 11 = 666 — Ellen=100, Gould=555, White=11. <br> Many names total 666. The identity of the Beast of Revelation cannot be established or proven with any certainty by [[gematria]] alone. Revelation 13:18 was written in Greek, not Latin, and the numerical value of the Greek letters of the transliterated Latin ''NRWN QSR (NiRoN QaiSaR)'', or Nero Caesar, also totals 666, but the Greek letter equivalent transliteration of VICARIUS FILII DEI does not ([http://www.conservapedia.com/Number_of_the_Beast#cite_note-8 ''it totals'' 1723]). This raises the question of which of the more than 200 popes was or is in fact '''''<big>the</big>''''' "man of sin", '''''<big>the</big>''''' "[[antichrist]]" and '''''<big>the</big>''''' "beast of Revelation" whose number is the number of '''''<big>a</big>''''' man (one man)—666. “This famous number [666] has been made to yield almost all the historical names of the past eighteen centuries: Titus, Vespasian, and Simon Giroas; Julian the Apostate and Genseric; Mohamet and Luther; Benedict IX and Louis XV; Napoleon I and the Duke of Reichstadt; and it would not be difficult, on the same principles to read in it one another’s names” (Vincent, Word Studies, vol.11, p.531)—[http://www.askelm.com/secrets/sec108.htm Reuss "The Secret of the Number 666"] <br>And since the time of Reuss, many other names might be added such as Hitler, Mussolini, and a host of others. <br> See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_john/2-18.htm commentaries on 1 John 2:18], [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm 2 Thessalonians 2:3] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/13-18.htm Revelation 13:18]. | + | :Note to the reader: In regard to the number [[Number of the Beast|666]] as applied to VICARIUS FILII DEI "''[[Vicar]] of the Son of God''" in this article, the name of the woman who started [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventism]], Ellen Gould White, in Latin characters, calculated by the value of Latin characters as Roman numerals, also adds up to 666: <br> E = 0 — L = 50 — L = 50 — E = 0 — N = 0: = 100 <br> G = 0 — O = 0 — U = 5 — L = 50 — D = 500: = 555 (Latin V is U as in JVLIVS Julius)<br> W = 10 — H = 0 — I = 1 — T = 0 — E = 0: = 11 (Latin W double-U is VV 5+5 = 10)<br> 100 + 555 + 11 = 666 — Ellen=100, Gould=555, White=11. <br> Many names total 666. The identity of the Beast of Revelation cannot be established or proven with any certainty by [[gematria]] alone. Revelation 13:18 was written in Greek, not Latin, and the numerical value of the Greek letters of the transliterated Latin ''NRWN QSR (NiRoN QaiSaR)'', or Nero Caesar, also totals 666, but the Greek letter equivalent transliteration of VICARIUS FILII DEI does not ([http://www.conservapedia.com/Number_of_the_Beast#cite_note-8 ''it totals'' 1723]). This raises the question of which of the more than 200 popes was or is in fact '''''<big>the</big>''''' "man of sin", '''''<big>the</big>''''' "[[antichrist]]" and '''''<big>the</big>''''' "beast of Revelation" whose number is the number of '''''<big>a</big>''''' man (one man)—666. “This famous number [666] has been made to yield almost all the historical names of the past eighteen centuries: Titus, Vespasian, and Simon Giroas; Julian the Apostate and Genseric; Mohamet and Luther; Benedict IX and Louis XV; Napoleon I and the Duke of Reichstadt; and it would not be difficult, on the same principles to read in it one another’s names” (Vincent, Word Studies, vol.11, p.531)—[http://www.askelm.com/secrets/sec108.htm Reuss "The Secret of the Number 666"] <br>And since the time of Reuss, many other names might be added such as Hitler, Mussolini, and a host of others. <br> See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_john/2-18.htm commentaries on 1 John 2:18], [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm 2 Thessalonians 2:3] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/13-18.htm Revelation 13:18]. |