church in Thyatira

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The church in Thyatira is one of the seven early Christian congregations in Asia Minor that receives a prophetic message of commendation and rebuke in the New Testament Book of Revelation.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Church of Thyatira 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian congregation
New Testament church
church mentioned in the Book of Revelation
early Christian church
addressedBy the one whose eyes are like a flame of fire
the one whose feet are like burnished bronze
addressedByTitle Jesus Christ
surface form: the Son of God
associatedWith city of Thyatira
criticizedFor tolerating false teaching
tolerating idolatry
tolerating sexual immorality
groupedWith church in Ephesus
Seven Churches of Asia
surface form: church in Laodicea

church in Pergamum
church in Philadelphia
church in Sardis
church in Smyrna
hasAttribute faithful works
love
patient endurance
service
hasRoleIn apocalyptic messages to seven churches
hasTheme call to repentance
promise to overcomers
languageContext Koine Greek
literaryFunction recipient of one of the seven letters in Revelation
locatedIn Asia Minor
Roman province of Asia
Thyatira
mentionedIn Book of Revelation
Revelation 2:18–29
partOf seven churches of Asia
promised authority over the nations
the morning star
receives commendation
prophetic message
rebuke
receivesFrom Jesus Christ
regionNowIn modern-day Turkey
religion Christianity
scripturalCanon New Testament
theologicalSignificance example of mixture of faithfulness and compromise
timePeriod 1st century AD
traditionType Christian apocalyptic tradition
warnedAbout judgment on unrepentant members

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Revelation addresses church in Thyatira
Seven Churches of Asia hasMember church in Thyatira
this entity surface form: Church of Thyatira