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<p>[QUOTE="Iconodule, post: 10684072, member: 91417"]Genesis 3:15: I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Psalm 90: 13: Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apocalypse/ Revelation 12:1-5: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. And being with child, she cried travailing in birth: and was in pain to be delivered. And there was seen another sign in heaven. And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and on his heads seven diadems. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered: that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne.</p><p><br /></p><p>Serpent, snake, dragon, and basilisk are all fairly interchangeable references to the devel and sin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mary as the Immaculate Conception treads on and triumphs over the serpent. A more complete image would also include references to the Apocalyptic Woman Clothed in the Sun with moon at her feet and a starry crown surrounding around her head.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Iconodule, post: 10684072, member: 91417"]Genesis 3:15: I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel. Psalm 90: 13: Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon. Apocalypse/ Revelation 12:1-5: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. And being with child, she cried travailing in birth: and was in pain to be delivered. And there was seen another sign in heaven. And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and on his heads seven diadems. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered: that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne. Serpent, snake, dragon, and basilisk are all fairly interchangeable references to the devel and sin. Mary as the Immaculate Conception treads on and triumphs over the serpent. A more complete image would also include references to the Apocalyptic Woman Clothed in the Sun with moon at her feet and a starry crown surrounding around her head.[/QUOTE]
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