632. 'Because she has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom' signifies because by profanations of the Word and by adulterations of the good and truth of the Church it has led astray all whom it has been able to bring under its dominion. By 'Babylon' is signified the Roman Catholic form of religion, as above. 'Wine' signifies truth derived from good, and in the opposite sense untruth derived from evil (n. 316); and 'whoredom' signifies the falsification of truth, and 'the wrath of whoredom' signifies adulteration and profanation (n. 134). 'To make all the nations drink' signifies to lead astray all whom they have been able to bring under their dominion. By 'to make to drink of that wine' is signified to lead astray, and by 'the nations are signified those who are under their authority.