Identifier: dictionaryofbibl01scha (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of the Bible..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Spirit.The main doctrinal thought of the Epis-tle is the Church in Christ Jesus, theeternal principles of her life, her unityof many members, her warfare and hervictory, her steady growth, and herglorious end. Hence, in the hortatoryportion, or last three chapters, he urgesthe duty of preserving unity, and makesthe relation of Christ to bis Church andof the Church to Christ the ideal stand-ard of the domestic relation betweenman and wife and parents and chil-dren. The Epistle to the Colossians waswritten at the same time. Hence thereis great similarity between them. SeeColossians, Epistle to. EPHESUS, the most importantcommercial city of Asia Minor, oneof the eyes of Asia, Smyrna, 40 milesto the north, being the other. Ephesusstood upon the south side of a plain,with mountains on three sides and theIcarian Sea on the west. The riverCayster ran across the plain. Scripture History.—Paul visited Ephe-sus on his second tour, Acts 18 : 19-21 ;Apollos was instructed there by Aquila ■ :
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..-____. EPH EPH and Priscilla, 18 : 24-26 ; Paul dweltthere 3 years, Acts 19; charged theelders of the church, 20:16-28; theangel of the church of Ephesus isnamed in Rev. 2:1-7. The city is acomplete desolation ; the ruins of theStadium and theatre remain, but wildbeasts haunt them. On the plain is alittle Turkish village called Ayasalouk,from St. John, who is supposed to haveended his days at Ephesus. The an-cient city often changed its name andits site. In the time of the Trojan warit was called Alopes, then Orthygia, nextMorges, then Smyrna, Trachae, andSamornion, then Ptela?, then Ephesus,and now Ayasalouk. Building*.—In apostolic times Ephe-sus contained three remarkable build-ings : 1. The Temple of Diana, one ofthe Seven Wonders of the world. It waserected at the joint cost of all Asia, andwas 220 years in building. Its lengthwas 425 feet, and its breadth 220 feet.Built of purest marble, it is said to havegleamed like a meteor. Columns ofParian marble, 60 feet high and 127 i

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