Ноиабр мза 1879 шықәсазы иҭыҵыз «Сионская сторожевая башня» аҿы ианын Христос изҳәоу изиашоу аԥҳәызба цқьа ҳәа зхы зыԥхьаӡо, аха аҳәынҭқарра иадгыло иарбан уахәамазаалак ииашаҵәҟьаны Абиблиа зкалҭ бааԥсу ҳәа зыӡбахә аҳәо Вавилон Ду иахәҭакуп ҳәа. (Шәаԥхьа Аатра 17:1, 2.)
As early as November of 1879, Zion’s Watch Tower straightforwardly set out their Scriptural position by stating: “Every church claiming to be a chaste virgin espoused to Christ, but in reality united to and supported by the world (beast) we must condemn as being in scripture language a harlot church,” a reference to Babylon the Great.​—Read Revelation 17:1, 2.