The Beast (Revelation) The number 666 is calculated by using a form of gematria where only the letters which refer to Latin numerals are counted. In 1866, Uriah Smith was the first to propose the interpretation to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In "The United States in the Light of Prophecy" he wrote, Adventist scholar J. N. Andrews also adopted this view. Uriah Smith maintained his interpretation in the various editions of "Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation", which was influential in the church. Jimmy Akin of "Catholic Answers" and additional Catholic sources disagree with the above argument, claiming "Vicarius Filii Dei, although it
Number of the Beast (comics) Number of the Beast (comics) Number of the Beast is a comic book limited series, written by Scott Beatty, with art by Chris Sprouse. "Number of the Beast" was the second in a number of bi-weekly series, it was preceded by "", which resulted in the relaunch of a number of Wildstorm titles. As well as regular Wildstorm characters the series introduced a new team, The Paladins, comprising: The story chronologically began in 1945, when General Zebulon McCandless, a very pious and dogmatic person, oversaw the American recovery of a crashed Daemonite flying saucer in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. The