Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p This article is about the seven churches mentioned in the Book of Revelation. For other uses of see Seven Churches (disambiguation).The Seven Churches of Revelation, also known as The Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and The Seven Churches of Asia (referring to the Roman province of Asia, not the entire continent), are seven major churches of Early Christianity, as mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. In Revelation, on the Greek island of Patmos, Jesus Christ instructs his servant 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 Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.""Churches" in this context refers to the community or local congregations of Christians living in each city, and not merely to the building or buildings in which they gathered for worship.The seven churches are located in:Ephesus (Metropolis of Ephesus)Smyrna (Metropolis of Smyrna)Pergamon (Metropolis of Pergamon)ThyatiraSardis (See of Sardis)Philadelphia (Metropolis of Philadelphia)and Laodicea, near Denizli (see Laodicean Church)↑ ↑ ↑. }
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- Seven_churches_of_Asia abstract "This article is about the seven churches mentioned in the Book of Revelation. For other uses of see Seven Churches (disambiguation).The Seven Churches of Revelation, also known as The Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and The Seven Churches of Asia (referring to the Roman province of Asia, not the entire continent), are seven major churches of Early Christianity, as mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. In Revelation, on the Greek island of Patmos, Jesus Christ instructs his servant 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 Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.""Churches" in this context refers to the community or local congregations of Christians living in each city, and not merely to the building or buildings in which they gathered for worship.The seven churches are located in:Ephesus (Metropolis of Ephesus)Smyrna (Metropolis of Smyrna)Pergamon (Metropolis of Pergamon)ThyatiraSardis (See of Sardis)Philadelphia (Metropolis of Philadelphia)and Laodicea, near Denizli (see Laodicean Church)↑ ↑ ↑".