Laodecia
Named after Antiochus II wife, destroyed again and again because of earthquakes, more than 20 Christian churches in this city in only 300 years, 4th c to 7th c when they abandoned the city, 2 active theatres depending on sun, letter to laodecia in revelations called them lukewarm, temple to some emperor because of imperial cult, church built in 5th cent, fish symbol, agora, why did they try to hard to make things beautiful? What does that contribute to society? What do we spend so much money recovering their beauty? Why should Christians build these buildings?
Ephesus- comes from the Greek word for bee, symbol of city, efes 1-3, Artemis temple destroyed in 6th cent ad, 127 columns, St. John's basilica, cross plan church, built with pieces of temple of Artemis, destroyed by earthquakes, Turks converted to mosque, another earthquake, turned into mr. Jesus mosque, having the name of a prophet from quaran is big deal, in distance is Celtic castle, baptistery- from west to east, people reborn like sun, you pass through water bath and the go to Johns tomb, very primitive tomb until Justinian remodeled, Paul stayed for a long time here, many contributed to evangelist in this area, perhaps the Virgin Mary, largest port city
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