“The church that is in Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you: and so doth my son Mark.” “In sailing up the river we meet with Babylon, a strong fortress, built by some Babylonians who had ...

Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and Mark and Three Venetian Procurators, by Giovanni Bellini and Workshop, 16th c. “Most now opt to interpret ‘Babylon’ metaphorically as a reference to the city of ...