The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia (Illustrated Edition)

The Seven Churches of Asia, also known as the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Revelation, are seven major churches of Early Christianity, as mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. All of them are located in the Asia Minor, present-day Turkey.

This book examines seven messages John of Patmos sent to those churches. According to Revelation 1:11, on the Greek island of Patmos, Jesus Christ instructs John of Patmos to: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

Writing, Travel, And Letters Among The Early Christians

Transmission Of Letters In The First Century

The Christian Letters And Their Transmission

The Letters To The Seven Churches

Relation Of The Christian Books To Contemporary Thought And Literature

The Symbolism Of The Seven Letters

Authority Of The Writer Of The Seven Letters

The Education Of St. John In Patmos

The Flavian Persecution In The Province Of Asia As Depicted In The Apocalypse

The Province Of Asia And The Imperial Religion

The Cities Of Asia As Meeting-Places Of The Greek And The Asiatic Spirit

The Jews In The Asian Cities

The Pagan Converts In The Early Church

The Seven Churches Of Asia

Origin Of The Seven Representative Cities

Plan And Order Of Topics In The Seven Letters

Ephesus: The City Of Change

The Letter To The Church In Ephesus

Smyrna: The City Of Life

The Letter To The Church In Smyrna

Pergamum: The Royal City: The City Of Authority

The Letter To The Church In Pergamum

Thyatira: Weakness Made Strong

The Letter To The Church In Thyatira

Sardis: The City Of Death

The Letter To The Church In Sardis

Philadelphia: The Missionary City

The Letter To The Church In Philadelphia

Laodicea: The City Of Compromise

The Letter To The Church In Laodicea



Sir William Mitchell Ramsay (1851 – 1939) was a Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar. He is known as one of the most influential authorities on the history of Asia Minor and a leading scholar in the study of the New Testament. Ramsay was one of the original members of the British Academy, was awarded the Gold Medal of Pope Leo XIII in 1893 and the Victorian Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1906.