The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia and Their Place in the Plan of the Apocalypse

This book examines seven messages John of Patmos sent to those churches. According to Revelation 1:11, on the Greek island of Patmos, Jesus Christ instructs John of Patmos to: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea." The Seven Churches of Asia, also known as the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Revelation, are seven major churches of Early Christianity, as mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. All of them are located in the Asia Minor, present-day Turkey. Content: Writing, Travel, And Letters Among The Early Christians Transmission Of Letters In The First Century The Christian Letters And Their Transmission The Letters To The Seven Churches Relation Of The Christian Books To Contemporary Thought And Literature The Symbolism Of The Seven Letters Authority Of The Writer Of The Seven Letters The Education Of St. John In Patmos The Flavian Persecution In The Province Of Asia As Depicted In The Apocalypse The Province Of Asia And The Imperial Religion The Cities Of Asia As Meeting-Places Of The Greek And The Asiatic Spirit The Jews In The Asian Cities The Pagan Converts In The Early Church The Seven Churches Of Asia Origin Of The Seven Representative Cities Plan And Order Of Topics In The Seven Letters Ephesus: The City Of Change The Letter To The Church In Ephesus Smyrna: The City Of Life The Letter To The Church In Smyrna Pergamum: The Royal City: The City Of Authority The Letter To The Church In Pergamum Thyatira: Weakness Made Strong The Letter To The Church In Thyatira Sardis: The City Of Death The Letter To The Church In Sardis Philadelphia: The Missionary City The Letter To The Church In Philadelphia Laodicea: The City Of Compromise The Letter To The Church In Laodicea