Thessalonian Christians

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New Testament group early Christian community

Thessalonian Christians were an early community of Jesus-followers in the city of Thessalonica, known from the New Testament as one of the first predominantly Gentile churches founded by the apostle Paul.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Thessalonian Christians canonical	2
Thessalonians	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament group ⓘ early Christian community ⓘ
associatedWith	Silas ⓘ Timothy ⓘ
cityStatusContext	Salonika ⓘ surface form: Thessalonica was a major port city Thessalonica was a provincial capital of Macedonia ⓘ
correspondedWith	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
doctrineEmphasis	eschatology ⓘ second coming of Christ ⓘ
ethnicComposition	predominantly Gentile ⓘ
experienced	persecution for their faith ⓘ
foundedBy	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
foundedInApproximateYear	c. 50 CE ⓘ
foundedInCentury	1st century ⓘ
knownFor	being a model to other believers in Macedonia and Achaia ⓘ eager expectation of the return of Jesus ⓘ turning from idols to serve the living and true God ⓘ
languageContext	Greek-speaking environment ⓘ
locatedIn	Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Macedonia Roman Empire ⓘ Salonika ⓘ surface form: Thessalonica
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
moralInstructionReceived	brotherly love ⓘ sexual purity ⓘ working quietly and earning their own living ⓘ
persecutedBy	local city authorities ⓘ some Jews in Thessalonica ⓘ
praisedBy	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
praisedFor	faith ⓘ love ⓘ steadfastness in hope ⓘ
receivedDocument	First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
receivedTeachingFrom	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle Silas ⓘ Timothy ⓘ
relationshipToPaul	Paul’s spiritual children ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
roleInChristianity	one of the earliest predominantly Gentile churches ⓘ
roleInMissions	base for spreading the gospel in Macedonia and Achaia ⓘ
scripturalReference	First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ surface form: 1 Thessalonians Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ surface form: 2 Thessalonians Acts 17:1–9 ⓘ
socialComposition	included many Gentiles ⓘ included some Jews ⓘ
socialContext	urban community ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

First Epistle to the Thessalonians → recipientGroup → Thessalonian Christians ⓘ

Silvanus → associatedWithCommunity → Thessalonian Christians ⓘ

Illusion of Safety → hasCollaboratedWith → Thessalonian Christians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessalonians