church in Philippi

E407537

Christian congregation New Testament church early Christian church

The church in Philippi was an early Christian congregation in the Macedonian city of Philippi, known from the New Testament as one of the communities founded and nurtured by the Apostle Paul.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
church at Philippi	2
church in Philippi canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian congregation ⓘ New Testament church ⓘ early Christian church ⓘ
associatedWith	Luke the Evangelist ⓘ Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle Silas ⓘ Timothy ⓘ
correspondedWith	Paul while he was imprisoned ⓘ
experienced	imprisonment of Paul and Silas ⓘ persecution ⓘ
firstConvertsIncluded	Lydia of Thyatira ⓘ Philippian jailer ⓘ
foundedBy	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
foundedDuring	Paul's second missionary journey ⓘ
foundedInCentury	1st century ⓘ
hadLeaders	deacons ⓘ overseers ⓘ
hadMembers	Gentile Christians ⓘ some Jewish Christians ⓘ
historicalContext	Roman colony of Philippi ⓘ
knownFor	financial support of Paul's ministry ⓘ generosity toward Paul ⓘ joyful Christian witness ⓘ partnership in the gospel ⓘ
languageLikelySpoken	Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Macedonia Philippi ⓘ Roman province of Macedonia ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
metAt	place of prayer by the river ⓘ
partOf	early Christian movement ⓘ
receivedLetterFrom	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
receivedNewTestamentWriting	Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ
region	Macedon ⓘ surface form: ancient Macedonia
scripturalSource	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ surface form: Acts 16 Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ surface form: Philippians 1 Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ surface form: Philippians 4
sentEnvoy	Epaphroditus ⓘ
theologyEmphasized	Christ's humility ⓘ joy in suffering ⓘ righteousness through faith ⓘ unity in Christ ⓘ
traditionAffiliation	Pauline Christianity ⓘ
worshipPracticesIncluded	baptism ⓘ breaking of bread ⓘ prayer ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Epistle to the Philippians → addressedTo → church in Philippi ⓘ

New Testament churches → hasMember → church in Philippi ⓘ

this entity surface form: church at Philippi

Syntyche → memberOf → church in Philippi ⓘ

this entity surface form: church at Philippi