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Jun 14, 2018 · Laodicea – Denizli. The church of Laodicea is still under excavation. Before the city was named Laodicea, it was called “Diopolis,” the “city of Zeus.”. Built on a major highway, it was a commercial and banking center. Today known as Denizli, it is a city of more than a half-million people. Photo by Karrie Sparrow.
Jun 14, 2023 · The unexcavated site of Colossae sits near the modern city of Honaz at the base of Mt. Cadmus (in modern Turkey). It is located near the sites of Laodicea and Hierapolis, which also appear in the Bible. Michael Trainor explores Colossae in his article “Colossae—Colossal in Name Only?” published in the March/April 2019 issue of Biblical ...
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Revelation's Seven Churches Series. Ephesus - Smyrna - Pergamos. Thyatira - Sardis - Philadelphia. Laodicea. It was around 95 A.D. that the elderly apostle John experienced persecution from the mighty Roman Empire. This persecution would ultimately lead to his writing of the Bible's last book.
Feb 22, 2023 · In the book of Acts, one of Paul’s first converts in Europe is a woman named Lydia, who resided in Thyatira ( Acts 16:14-15 ). Paul had met Lydia just outside Philippi, where he was ministering. It is unknown whether Lydia returned home to help start the church at Thyatira. Some scholars believe the church was formed as an extension of Paul ...
Church of Smyrna. Smyrna was located North of Ephesus and established powerful trading position on the Aegean Sea because of its harbors, marketplaces and commerce. For three centuries it has been considered one of the most important cities in Asia Minor. Its primary ruins today are located in the Turkish city of Izmir.
Jan 4, 2022 · Galatia has a long history. In the third century BC, the area was invaded by Gallic Celts, and that is what gave the area its name: Galatia means “land of the Gauls.”. Rome conquered Galatia in 189 BC and made it a province in 25 BC. The name Galatia first appears in the New Testament in Acts 16:6 as a region where Paul had preached the gospel.
Terrassa was known as Ègara during the time of the Roman Empire and is located just 30 kilometres from Barcelona. It boasts one of the best-preserved religious ensembles of the early-Christian period, a historic pivotal point straddling the time of the Romans and the early Christians. A series of ...
