What name is given to the third state of the church?
Answer
"To the angel of the church in Pergamos write." Verse 12.
NOTE - The meaning of Pergamos is height, or elevation, and fitly represents that period of the
Christian church, beginning with the reign of the Emperor Constantine in AD. 313, when the power which
had put the Christians to death espoused the cause of the church, and by rewards, edicts, and promised
promotions to office in the government, sought to induce the people to become Christians, thus bringing a
flood of worldliness and corruption into the church. Many of the heathen rites and ceremonies previously
introduced into the Christian religion, including the heathen festival, Sunday (sun's day), were then
established by law, the result being that the first day of the week took the place of the Sabbath of the Bible.
In contrast with the pride and self-exaltation exhibited by Satan, what spirit did Christ manifest?
When man first transgressed, what was done to prevent him from living for ever in sin?
By what means is sin made known?
By what are men sanctified?
Why was Christ's preaching so impressive?
If John, therefore, referred to a day of the week, on what day must he have been in the Spirit?
Did this doctrine exist in ancient times?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle