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The Letters to the Seven
Churches of Asia
and Their Place in the Plan of the Apocalypse by W. M. Ramsay,
Professor of Humanity in the University of Aberdeen.
“The marked and peculiar
character of the society and
population of the great Asian
cities, amid which the local
Churches were built up, is
present in the writer's mind
throughout the Seven Letters;
and it is necessary to form some
conception of this subject.
Disregarding differences, we
shall try to describe briefly
the chief forces which had been
at work in those cities during
the last three centuries, and
the prominent features that were
common to them all about AD 90.
Some of them were ancient Greek
colonies, like Smyrna and
Ephesus, some were old Anatolian
cities, like Pergamum and
Sardis; but all these had
recently experienced great
changes, and many new cities,
like Laodicea, Philadelphia,
Thyatira, had been founded by
the kings” (Ramsay, The
Letters to the Seven Churches of
Asia, Chapter 11).
Israelite.Info - History
and prophecies of the Two Houses
of Israel, by Christian,
Messianic Hebrew, and Jewish
scholars. (Not part of
CBCG.org)
The Seven Churches of Asia Minor:
Maps Of Asia Minor
- Look for thumbnail of Seven Churches of Asia Minor map. (Not part of
CBCG.org)
Seven Churches
of Asia Minor
- Large View
(Not part of CBCG.org)
Seven Churches of Asia
- Map, plus photos
(Not part of CBCG.org)
On our Holy Days 2000
Page, by following the Pentecost 2000
links, you may access both
audio and
transcripts
relating the significance of these cities to church history from the time of the
apostles to the present. This series by Fred R. Coulter is entitled The
Seven Church Harvest.
For a good perspective on the locations of the Biblical cities of Asia Minor,
visit the
Ancient Regions of Turkey site. (Not part of CBCG.org)
Thumbnail photos (that can be enlarged) of the archaeological sites of
Ancient Turkey
may be viewed. (Not part of CBCG.org)
A wonderful
Interactive Map
of the regions of Italy, Greece and Western Turkey may be accessed. (Not
part of CBCG.org)
Ephesus: The City of Change
Smyrna: The City of Life
Pergamum: The Royal City: The City of Authority
Thyatira: Weakness Made Strong
Sardis: The City of Death
Philadelphia: The Missionary City
Laodicea: The City of Compromise
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