Nerva and the Christians After Domitian
Nerva and Christianity: after Domitian was murdered in 96 AD, Nerva stopped the treason trials and the Jewish tax abuses. Did he persecute Christians? No.
Nicolaitans and Nicolaitanism
The Nicolaitans were an early Christian group condemned in the letters to Ephesus and Pergamon in the Book of Revelation, and little is known about them for certain.
Irenaeus of Lyon
Irenaeus of Lyon grew up in Smyrna, today's İzmir, learned from Saint Polycarp and became bishop of Lyon, where he wrote Against Heresies.
How the Letters Travelled Between the Seven Churches
Why these seven cities, and why in this order? The answer is a road. Let me walk you through the seven churches of Revelation, the way the first messenger did.
The Letter to Smyrna: “Be Faithful Unto Death”
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