The great and abominable church and the church of the Lamb are symbolized by women of differing moral purity. The great and abominable church is represented by a whore, and the church of the Lamb is represented by a bride adorned for her husband, That thy church may come forth out of the wilderness of darkness…And be adorned as a bride for that day when thou shalt unveil the heavens (DC 109:74-5).