The woman spoken of in Revelation 12:1-6 may be symbolic for Israel, with the twelve stars being symbolic for the twelve tribes of Israel. Alternatively (less likely I think), the woman may be the Church, with the twelve stars being symbolic for the twelve apostles.

Now, who is the great prostitute spoken of in Revelation 17? None other than the Roman Catholic Church!

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues, for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. (Revelation 18:4-5)

The woman spoken of in Revelation 12:1-6 may be symbolic for Israel, with the twelve stars being symbolic for the twelve tribes of Israel. Alternatively (less likely I think), the woman may be the Church, with the twelve stars being symbolic for the twelve apostles.

Now, who is the great prostitute spoken of in Revelation 17? None other than the Roman Catholic Church!

The woman spoken of in Revelation 12:1-6 is likely symbolic for either Israel or the Church, not Mary. The 12 stars she has on her crown might be the twelve tribes of Israel or perhaps the twelve apostles.

Now, who is the great prostitute spoken of in Revelation 17? None other than the Roman Catholic Church!