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The Seven Churches of Asia are
all located in Anatolia; Smyrna
(Izmir), Pergamum (Bergama),
Thyatira (Akhisar), Sardis
(Sart), Philadelphia (Alasehir),
Laodiceia ad Lycum (Goncali) and
Ephesus (Efes).
These churches are associated
both with Saint Paul and with
Revelations(the Apocalypse);
letters written in c.95 AD to
the Seven Churches by John. For
some People John is a visionary
who lived on the island Patmos.
But some people say he is the
Apolstle John.
There should have been more than
seven cities with major
Christian congregations in
Anatolia at the time That John
wrote and it is unknown why he
addressed only these seven.
These were possibly the most
important ones at that time or
letters to other churches were
lost.
These churches were not church
buildings as such but
congregations. These early
congregations had their meetings
in private homes as there had
been no original church
buildings until the 3C AD. St.
Paul possibly founded some of
the Seven Churches on his
missionary journeys between
47-57 AD, as he was thought to
have visited all seven cities.
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