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Philadelphia name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir , it was founded in the 2d cent. BC by Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamum. One of the Seven Churches in Asia was there (Rev. 3.7). The city was damaged several times by earthquakes. Amman was also renamed Philadelphia by Ptolemy II.

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Philadelphia One of the Seven cities whose Churches are addressed in Rev. (1: 11; 3: 7), in western Asia Minor (modern Turkey). It was important for trade and communication but was subject to earthquakes. The Church there had remained faithful during persecution from a faction of Jews.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Philadelphia. A city in the Roman province of Asia. It was the seat of one of the ‘Seven Churches’ addressed in Rev.; it is commended for its faithfulness (3: 7–13).

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