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The closest preceding verse to verse 17:
Revelation 17:4
“And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:”
King James Version (KJV)
In the Bible, God and His Son Jesus are always referenced in the masculine sense. The True Church and fake "churches" are always referenced in the feminine sense. Not homo. God is like a "husband" to the church "wife". Don't like that? Take it up with Almighty God.
The "woman … arrayed in purple and scarlet" is CLEARLY the Roman Catholic Church.