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The Laodicean Church was a Christian community established in the ancient city of Laodicea (on the river Lycus, in the Roman province of Asia, and one of the early centers of Christianity). The church was established in the Apostolic Age , the earliest period of Christianity, and is probably best known for being one of the Seven churches of ...
Laodicea is situated on the long spur of a hill between the narrow valleys of the small rivers Asopus and Caprus, which discharge their waters into the Lycus.. It lay on a major trade route [4] and in its neighbourhood were many important ancient cities; it was 17 km west of Colossae, 10 km south of Hierapolis.
Laodicean Church, early Christians in Laodicea on the Lycus; Epistle to the Laodiceans, an apocryphal epistle attributed to Paul the Apostle; Council of Laodicea, a synod held about 363–364 CE; A Laodicean, an 1881 novel by Thomas Hardy; Laodice (disambiguation) Ladoceia, a town of ancient Arcadia, Greece
Polemon was Anatolian Greek from a family of Roman consular rank. He was the grandson of Polemon II of Pontus. [1]He was born in Laodicea on the Lycus in Phrygia (modern Turkey), however, he spent a great part of his life in Smyrna (modern İzmir, Turkey).
The Council of Laodicea was a regional Christian synod of approximately thirty clerics from Asia Minor which assembled about 363–364 in Laodicea, Phrygia Pacatiana.
Her birth date is unknown, [8] and little is known on her early life. Laodice I married her paternal first cousin Antiochus II Theos before 266 BC as his first wife. [8] She married Antiochus II before he was the heir to the Seleucid throne.
He was appointed bishop of Laodicea on the death of the Arian Theodotus. [6] [11] [12] As bishop he took a leading part in the successive synods summoned by the Arian faction against Athanasius. He was at the councils of Tyre and Jerusalem in 335, [7] [13] and the council at Antioch that celebrated the dedication of the Domus Aurea in 341. [14]
In Greek mythology, Laodice (/ l eɪ ˈ ɒ d ə ˌ s i /; Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκη, [la.odíkɛː]; "people-justice") was the daughter of Priam of Troy and Hecuba.She was described as the most beautiful of Priam's daughters.