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BIBLICAL
REFERENCES
The Seven Churches mentioned by
St. John in the Book of Revelations (The Apocalypse) are all found in Turkey and
each was a founding community of Christianity
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Ephesus (Efes) |
Revelations |
1:11:2:1-7 Acts 18:19-28:19 |
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Smyrna (Izmir) |
Revelations |
2:8-11 |
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Pergamum (Bergama) |
Revelations |
2:12-17 |
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Thyatira (Akhisar) |
Revelations |
2:18-29 Acts 16:14 |
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Sardis (Sart) |
Revelations |
3:1-6 |
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Philadelphia (Alasehir) |
Revelations |
3:7-13 |
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Laodicea (Laodikya) |
Revelations |
3:14-22 |
* Those in brackets are the
current Turkish names
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