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::''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, through an angelic intermediary, 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) *Thyatira *Sardis (See of Sardis) *Philadelphia (Metropolis of Philadelphia) *and Laodicea, near Denizli (see Laodicean Church) ==Character of the churches== # Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7) - the church that had forsaken its first love (2:4) # Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) - the church that would suffer persecution (2:10) # Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17) - the church that needed to repent of allowing false teachers (2:16) # Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29) - the church that had a false prophetess (2:20) # Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6) - the church that had fallen asleep and yet called itself awake (3:2) # Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13) - the church that had endured patiently (3:10) # Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22) - the church that was lukewarm and insipid (to God) (3:16) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seven churches of Asia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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