Church of Laodicea

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New Testament church biblical entity early Christian church

The Church of Laodicea was an early Christian congregation in the ancient city of Laodicea, known from the Book of Revelation as one of the seven churches of Asia criticized for being spiritually lukewarm.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Laodicea on the Lycus 4
Church of Laodicea canonical 2
Church in Laodicea 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Testament church ⓘ
biblical entity ⓘ
early Christian church ⓘ
addressedBy Jesus Christ ⓘ
addressedInChapter Revelation 3 ⓘ
addressedInVerses Revelation 3:14–22 ⓘ
associatedVerse Revelation 3:16 ⓘ
associatedWith Asia ⓘ
Laodicea ⓘ
contrastedWith Church of Philadelphia ⓘ
criticizedFor lack of zeal ⓘ
self-satisfaction ⓘ
spiritual blindness ⓘ
spiritual lukewarmness ⓘ
describedAs lukewarm ⓘ
exhortedTo anoint eyes with salve ⓘ
be zealous ⓘ
buy refined gold from Christ ⓘ
receive white garments ⓘ
repent ⓘ
hasRoleInEschatology type of end-time lukewarm church (in some interpretations) ⓘ
hasRoleInTheology warning example of complacent church ⓘ
judgedAs spiritually blind ⓘ
spiritually naked ⓘ
spiritually poor ⓘ
languageContext Koine Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Laodicea ⓘ
Roman province of Asia ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Revelation ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
messageGenre apocalyptic prophecy ⓘ
metaphorUsed being spit out of Christ’s mouth ⓘ
lukewarm water ⓘ
wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked ⓘ
notedFor claiming to be rich and needing nothing ⓘ
oneOf Seven Churches of Asia ⓘ
surface form: Seven churches of Revelation
partOf Seven Churches of Asia ⓘ
surface form: Seven churches of Asia
praisedFor none explicitly ⓘ
promisedReward to sit with Christ on his throne ⓘ
receivesFromChrist discipline ⓘ
invitation to fellowship ⓘ
rebuke ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scripturalAudienceOf Revelation 3:14–22 ⓘ
symbolizes material wealth without spiritual depth ⓘ
spiritual complacency ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century AD ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Seven Churches of Asia → hasMember → Church of Laodicea ⓘ
Phrygia → majorCity → Church of Laodicea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laodicea on the Lycus
Aegean Region → containsArchaeologicalSite → Church of Laodicea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laodicea on the Lycus
Roman province of Asia → majorCity → Church of Laodicea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laodicea on the Lycus
Roman province of Asia → hasSevenChurchesOfAsia → Church of Laodicea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laodicea on the Lycus
church in Sardis → groupedWith → Church of Laodicea ⓘ
subject surface form: Church in Sardis
this entity surface form: Church in Laodicea
John the Divine → writesTo → Church of Laodicea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laodicea
Epaphras → associatedWithCommunity → Church of Laodicea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laodicean Christians
New Testament churches → hasMember → Church of Laodicea ⓘ
this entity surface form: church at Laodicea
Church of Pergamum → relatedTo → Church of Laodicea ⓘ