The Beast Hates the Harlot

Let a Protestant elaborate on the Apocalypse, not necessarily a Lutheran or Anglican, but more like someone who could be going to a "Bible school" instead of to a "faculty of Theology" or "seminar". They will identify, over most of the past 2000 years, Catholicism as the Harlot and Papacy as the beast, or at least as the Fourth beast component of the beast.

Let's suppose some kind of Catholicism could be the harlot. Neither saying nor denying it is, but let's suppose it could be.

Would the Papacy figure as beast, if so?

Apocalypse interpreter or "third eagle of the Apocalypse, co-prophet of the endtimes" William Tapley was right now praying for apostate Catholics:

Pray for a Church that has Lost the Faith as Mary Prophesied
"Diffusé en direct il y a 78 minutes" | thirdeaglebooks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMVZznTryAk

And Pope Michael has made a point of preferring priests obedient to the Rome he considers apostate over some calling it out as apostate also, namely SSPX and sedevacantists proper. He thinks they at least try to follow a pope, even if it's the wrong pope.

Now, by contrast, a Protestant calling out the Catholic Church as harlot will be far more hateful of her .... and include more centuries in the harlot description.

Could Protestantism have more to do with the Beast than papacy has? I certainly think so./HGL