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.
How did Christ make it clear to them that the Scriptures testify of Him?
29. What bears witness to the genuineness of the righteousness obtained by faith, apart from the deeds of the law?
3. Before the giving of the law at Sinai, what did Moses say when Jethro asked him concerning his judging the people?
What will He say to those on His right hand?
What becomes of the living wicked when Christ comes?
How may one grow in grace?
Under what condition does the Lord not hear prayer?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle