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.
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How was the conquest of Medo-Persia by Grecia foretold in this symbolic prophecy?
How may one know that this does not refer to the earthly sanctuary ?
What would obedience to God's commandments have ensured to ancient Israel?
What did He say should be done with every plant not planted by God?
What will be the fifth plague?
How should we sympathize with others in their sorrows?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle