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The seven churches are named for their locations. The Book of Revelation provides descriptions of each Church. Ephesus (Revelation 2:1–7): known for having laboured hard and not fainted, and separating themselves from the wicked; admonished for having forsaken its first love (2:4)
Christian canon identifies the Epistle to the Ephesians as a letter to the church in Ephesus, and John mentions the church as one of the seven churches of Asia in the Book of Revelation. In Revelation ( 2:1–3 ), the church's perseverance, scrutiny toward alleged apostles and hatred of the Nicolatians are lauded, but the church is said to have ...
The church's interior would have been covered in frescoes. Hypatius, bishop of Ephesus, was known for advocating the use of icons [7] in the church. After the completion of the church, the interior was covered by icons, representations of saints, and scenes from the Old and New Testaments. [7]
Ephesus was a recipient city of one of the Pauline epistles and one of the seven churches of Asia addressed in the Book of Revelation. [9] The Gospel of John may have been written there, [ 10 ] and it was the site of several 5th-century Christian Councils ( Council of Ephesus ).
Around 500, the church was expanded into a monumental cathedral, whose apse and pillars partially still stand today on the site. The church served as a cathedral and was the seat of the Bishop of Ephesus throughout Late Antiquity. An inscription in the Church of Mary indicates there was an even more ancient Synagogue in Ephesus. [2] [3]
Here "a great door and effectual" was opened to him, [26] and the church was established and strengthened by his diligent labours there. [27] From Ephesus the gospel spread abroad "almost throughout all Asia." [28] The word "mightily grew and prevailed" despite all the opposition and persecution he encountered.
Bishops arrived in Ephesus over a period of several weeks. While waiting for the other bishops to arrive, they engaged in informal discussions characterized as tending to "exasperate rather than heal their differences". [15] The metropolitan of Ephesus, Memnon, was already present with his 52 bishops. Nestorius and his 16 bishops were the first ...
Saint Epiphanius of Salamis in the fourth century was the first author in mentioning the traditional faith of the Assumption of Mary in body and soul to the Heaven, and coming from Ephesus. Like many other patristic authors, he based this assumption on John 19 ,18-30, with Jesus on the Cross asking to the Apostle and Evangelist to take care of ...