Amen, we see what the Reformers held on this prophecy. Here is a list I came across of Pre-Reformation and Reformers Interpretations:
Date Name Reference Interpretation
c. 1310 Dante Alighieri
Rev. 17 Harlot=Roman Church
c. 1331 Michael of Cesena
Rev. 17 Harlot/Antichrist=Roman Church, Pope
c. 1345 Johannes de Rupescissa
Antichrist,
Rev. 17 Babylon,
Rev. 17 Harlot=Pope/Roman church
c. 1350 Francesco Petrarch
Rev. 17 Harlot=Papal Court
c. 1367 John Milicz
Antichrist, Abomination of Desolation, Man of Sin=Papacy
c. 1379 John Wycliffe
Antichrist, Abomination of Desolation, Little Horn. Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot=Pope/Papacy
c. 1388 Matthias of Janow
Antichrist, Abomination of Desolation, Man of Sin.
Rev. 17 Harlot,
Rev. 17 Babylon=Hierarchy/Papacy
c. 1390 John Purvey
Antichrist,
Rev. 13 666,
Rev. 17 Harlot,
Rev. 17 Babylon=Pope/Papacy
c. 1393 Walter Brute
Antichrist, Abomination of Desolation, Little Horn, Man of Sin=Papacy/Bishop of Rome/Papacy
c. 1412 John Huss
Antichrist, Abomination of Desolation, Little Horn, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Babylon=Pope/Papacy
c. 1497 Girolamo Savonarola
Antichrist, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot,
Rev. 17 Babylon=Pope/Papacy
Reformation Era Interpretations:
1522 Martin Luther
Antichrist, Abomination of Desolation, Little Horn, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Babylon=Papacy
1543 Philipp Melanchthon
Antichrist, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Babylon=Papacy
1545 Andreas Osiander
Antichrist, Abomination of Desolation, Little Horn, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Babylon=Papacy
1554 Nicolaus von Amsdorf
Antichrist, Abomination of Desolation,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Babylon=Papacy
1558 Johann Funck
Antichrist, Little Horn, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Babylon=Papacy
1560 Virgil Solis
Antichrist, Little Horn,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Babylon=Papacy
1570 Georg Nigrinus
Antichrist= Pope
1572 David Chytraeus
Antichrist, Little Horn, Man of Sin= Papacy
1530 Johann Oecolampadius
Antichrist, Little Horn=Papacy
1557 Heinrich Bullinger
Antichrist, Little Horn, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Babylon=Papacy
1550 William Tyndale
Antichrist, Little Horn, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Babylon=Papacy
1545 George Joys
Antichrist, Little Horn=Papacy
1554 Nicholas Ridley
Antichrist, Abomination of Desolation,
Rev. 17 Harlot.
Rev. 17 Babylon
Rev. 17 Beast=Papacy
1553 Hugh Latimer
Antichrist=Papacy
1582 Thomas Cranmer
Antichrist, Little Horn, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Babylon=Papacy
1550 John Bale
Antichrist, Abomination of Desolation, Little Horn, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot,
Rev. 17 Babylon
Rev. 17 Beast=Papacy
1562 John Jewel
Antichrist, Abomination of Desolation, Little Horn, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot,
Rev. 17 Babylon
Rev. 17 Beast=Papacy
1587 John Foxe
Antichrist, Man of Sin=Bishop of Rome
1563 Anglican Formulas
Antichrist=Papacy
1547 John Knox
Antichrist, Little Horn=Church of Rome/Papacy
1593 John Napier
Antichrist, Man of Sin,
Rev. 13 1st Beast,
Rev. 17 Harlot,
Rev. 17 Babylon
Rev. 17 Beast =Pope/Papacy/Latin Empire
1614 Thomas Brightman
Antichrist, Little Horn, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Babylon=Pope/Papacy
1618 David Pareus
Antichrist, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Beast=Pope/Papacy
Sir Isaac Newton
Antichrist, Little Horn, Man of Sin,
Rev. 17 Harlot
Rev. 17 Babylon=Papacy
John Wesley
Man of Sin.
Rev. 17 Harlot.
Rev. 17 Babylon=Papacy also Antichrist
And they ask the question, "In view of the foregoing Reformation interpretations identifying Papacy as the Antichrist and Man of Sin, why do so many Evangelical Protestants today believe the Man of Sin and Antichrist are future individuals?"
Reformation Views
We see the Protestant churches turn from what they held and purpose and slowly drift back to the grasp of the Papal Power, the AntiChrist entity which fulfills what prophecy gives us.
