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A heptad churches of Asia (properly Asia Minor) are septet churches mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. A churches were among a earliest Christian churches in the region. A web sites of a lot septet churches come within modern-contemporary Turkey.
Specifically, in the Revelation, the angel sent to 'John' instructs him to:
A heptad churches come located in:
Ephesus
Smyrna
Pergamos, modern-day Bergama
Thyatira, modern-day Akhisar
Sardis,
Philadelphia, modern-day Alasehir
Laodicea, near modern-contemporary Denizli (see Laodicean Church)
There is a green mnemonic for memorizing the vii cities: "Every smart person thinks, 'Start ... (ph)finish later.'"
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