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=='''Christian Laodicea'''== | =='''Christian Laodicea'''== | ||
It was probably owing to its large Jewish community, that at a very early period it became one of the chief seats of Christianity. Laodicea receives passing mention in the epistle to the Colossians and is one of the seven churches mentioned in the Book of Revelation. The Laodicean Church could have been founded by the Colossian Epaphras. Paul asks the Colossians to communicate to the Church of Laodicea the letter which he sends to them, and to read publicly that which should come to them from Laodicea, that is, no doubt, a letter which he had written, or was to write, to the Laodiceans. | It was probably owing to its large Jewish community, that at a very early period it became one of the chief seats of Christianity. Laodicea receives passing mention in the epistle to the Colossians and is one of the seven churches mentioned in the Book of Revelation. The Laodicean Church could have been founded by the Colossian Epaphras. Paul asks the Colossians to communicate to the Church of Laodicea the letter which he sends to them, and to read publicly that which should come to them from Laodicea, that is, no doubt, a letter which he had written, or was to write, to the Laodiceans. | ||
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*Wycliffe Dictionary of Biblical Archeology, Charles F. Pfeiffer. 1973, Baker Book House Co. | |||
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