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Four Horses of the Apocalypse

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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The vision of God enthroned upon the Cherubim is described in the Apocalypse 4,5. In His right hand tbere is a scroll sealed with seven seals. At the opening of four of these, four horses appear (Apocalypse 6), white, red, black, and pale (piebald); they signify conquest, slaughter, famine, and death.

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Entry for 'Four Horses of the Apocalypse'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​f/four-horses-of-the-apocalypse.html. 1910.
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