Laodicea, a titular see, of asia minor, metropolis of phrygia pacatiana, said to have been originally called diospolis and rhoas. I 60 canoni del concilio trattano di vari argomenti. The problems began in ephesus, as she lost her 1st love and have continued to worsen as we come to laodicea, the lukewarm. Descargue como pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Laodicea was lukewarm and it was making the lord sick to his stomach until he would vomit them out of his mouth. It was known for its banking industry, manufacture of black wool, and a medical school that produced eye salve called phrygian power. It was one of seven cities mentioned in the prophecy of revelation 2 and 3. This much is certain, but as to the exact date of the synod there is much discussion. Apocalipsis 3 laodicea su caracter tema 89 navegando. Because you say, i am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothingand do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked the laodicean church was wealthy with money. Collegamenti esterni synod of laodicea 4th century, testo in inglese dei canoni di laodicea con commenti di schaff philip schaff ed. Documents iiiustrating the history of the church to a. Laodikya es una ciudad del antiguo imperio seleucida, establecida entre 261 a.
Open your bible to revelation chapter 3 and we will look again at our text, verses 14 to 22, the final of the seven letters to the churches in asia minor, namely the letter to the church at laodicea. The council of laodicea was a regional synod of approximately thirty clerics from asia minor which assembled about 363364 ad in laodicea, phrygia pacatiana. Rather than accepting aid from the roman empire, the people of laodicea refused any help and rebuilt the city themselves with. Laodicea justice of the people, a town in the roman province of asia situated in the valley of the maeander, on a small river called the lycus, with colossae and hierapolis a few miles distant to the west. Also notice what jesus says in a parable concerning the time just before his return. The city was located in a triangle of cities with colossae southeast and hierapolis northeast to laodicea col. Laodicea was a wealthy city during the roman period.
Laodicea was a wealthy banking center and proud of her rich resources. The council of laodicea was reiterated in the canons of trullo. This is part 10 of a chapterbychapter bible study series in the book of revelation. Nov 02, 2010 laodicea was a city in asia minor in the first century. Laodicea ad lycum, tambien trasliterado como laodiceia o laodikeia, antes conocida como diospolis y roas. I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. Book seven of the apostolicon the epistle of the apostle. Concilio di laodicea cathopedia, lenciclopedia cattolica. In fact, the word laodicea means judgment of the people, and the entire letter is a study in contrasting judgments, the laodiceans and gods.
The church of laodicea in the bible and archaeology. The city was so wealthy that when an earthquake destroyed it in 17 a. Built, or rather rebuilt, by one of the seleucid monarchs, and named in honor of his wife, laodicea became under the roman government a place of some importance. On the other hand, the spiritual god looks at the same person and sees spiritual poverty.
Laodicea was located 11 miles from the city of colosse. In his letter to the church of laodicea, jesus warns us about the danger of selfsufficiency. May 23, 2002 laodicea was the wealthiest of the seven churches. That council also rejected the roman practise of holding a strict fast on the sabbath as is consisted a festive day.
The city stood on a spur of mount salbacus, one mile from the left bank of the lycus, between the asopus and mount cadmus. Two of them were in good standing, but the other five had major problems. Now lets open our bibles to revelation chapter 3, and we come to the last of the letters to the seven churches, the letter to the church at laodicea, the church that made the lord jesus christ sick. As more copies were made, the words in ephesus, the name of the principle city in asia, may have.
Not only was laodicea located on major trade routes that connected it to important cities like ephesus, smyrna and sardis, but also it was a center of textile production and banking. The council took place soon after the conclusion of the war between the roman empire and the. Perhaps not surprisingly, the church of laodicea is noted as being wealthy in the bible see revelation 3. For a short period of time under septimius severus, it became the capital of roman syria, and subsequently, it became the capital of the eastern roman province of theodorias. But if that evil servant says in his heart, my master is delaying his coming, and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards. The apostle paul wrote a letter to the colossian christians and in it he mentioned laodicea four times. Laodicea was a city in asia minor in the first century.
This audio sermon and transcript is entitled laodicea, the lukewarm church, and is from the ministry of david legge, a christian preacher and bible teacher from belfast, northern ireland. Xiv, the canons of the councils of ancyra, gangra, neoc. It was located at the confluence of two rivers, the lycus and the maeander. It was also called laodicea in syria or laodicea ad mare. Jesus used unique characteristics about not only the congregations, but also about the cities in which they were located, to teach christians important.
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