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Article VI, Philadelphia: Part of the Apocalypse of John is a series of seven letters addressing seven churches of Asia Minor (at the of the 1st century): Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. The individual letters are characterized by the local color of the cities and the region, by apocalyptic images and motifs, which are taken up and deepened in the apocalyptic main part of the Apocalypse of John. The series of seven articles (plus an article on the fina...Article VI, Philadelphia: Part of the Apocalypse of John is a series of seven letters addressing seven churches of Asia Minor (at the of the 1st century): Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. The individual letters are characterized by the local color of the cities and the region, by apocalyptic images and motifs, which are taken up and deepened in the apocalyptic main part of the Apocalypse of John. The series of seven articles (plus an article on the final vision of John's Apocalypse of the heavenly Jerusalem) provides an introduction to the background of the Revelation of John, the social, political and religious profile of the individual cities and the concerns of the single epistles.» weiterlesen» einklappen

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