20). On the other hand, in Proconsular Asia no Church had yet succeeded in asserting authority over the others; Ephesus, the most famous of them, had merely a primacy of honor over its rivals in influence and wealth, Smyrna, Pergamus, Sardis, and others. To sum up, then, during ...
If the Roman Catholic Church was actually very small (and the Protestants did not try to trace their history for centuries through it), it is likely that most modern Protestants would consider it a strange cult with its incense, how its clergy dress, its acceptance of pagan traditions, bowing...
And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said: “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple guardian of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?Therefore, since these things cannot be denied, you...
Melito of Sardis Who was this 2nd Century Church Leader? What Old Testament did he list? What did he teach that most who call themselves Christian later change? Here is a link to a related sermon: Melito of Sardis and His Teachings. Thraseas Thraseas died circa 160 in Smyrna, but over...
The apologies of Quadratus to Hadrian, of Aristo of Pella to the Jews, of Miltiades, of Apollinaris of Hierapolis, and of Melito of Sardis are lost to us. But we still possess several of greater importance. That of Aristides of Athens was presented to Antoninus Pius, and deals principally...
Finally, the Book of Revelation itself begins with letters to 7 churches in Asia Minor: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. If these books were arranged in the order of writing, Paul’s letters would probably be first as he was writing in the 50’s, ...
To five of the seven churches Jesus has a commendation or something good to say before He rebukes and criticizes them. Jesus had nothing good to say about Sardis and Laodicea. All the Churches are called to repentance except Smyrna & Philadelphia. Each Church is called to hear what the spir...
(for the wheat seed has not yet formed) so this was but the soft shell that looked like the real grain yet to come. The original wheat seed of Pentecost was to come back in the last age. It had been buried at Nicaea. It sent up a shoot at Sardis. It grew a tassel at ...
it are not Christians as defined by the Bible, but many are. The Bible makes clear that God wishes no one to be persecuted by his fellow man because of his religion; God wants a nation to honor freedom of religion and freedom of conscience. I explain this in my writings and teachings....
…there is no doubt that Apollinarius was a Quartodeciman…Those who kept Passover in the evening understood it to be a repetition of the Lord’s Supper (Stewart-Sykes A. Melito of Sardis On Pascha. St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, Crestwood (NY), 2001, p. 81). ...