Once a very important road in Asia Minor ran north along the Aegean ... Thus we see the location of the seven churches of Revelation in sequence, political, ecclesiastical, or historical ...

The book contains seven letters addressed to churches in Asia Minor. Each letter was written by Apostle John as proclaimed by Jesus Christ and describes the churches' triumphs and failures.

The churches ... seven monuments exerted great influence in the 16th to 18th centuries on the development of architecture, sculpture, and painting by spreading forms of Manueline, Mannerist, and ...