Church
|
Historical View
|
Modern Church View
|
Ephesus
The Orthodox Church |
Late Apostolic Age
33 AD - 100 AD |
Active
churches over emphasizing Orthodoxy, but lacking spiritual
fervor. |
Smyrna
The Poor, Rich Church |
The Early Centuries of Persecution
100 AD - 300 AD |
Missionary
and other churches enduring persecution. |
Pergamos
The Church with Bad Surroundings |
The Age of Constantine
300 AD - 600 AD |
The
churches supported by the government or New Age. |
Thyatira
The Church of the Evil Prophetess |
The Age of Papal Apostasy
600 AD - 900 AD |
The
development of numerous modern cults |
Sardis
The Dying Church |
The Middle Ages
900 AD - 1500 AD |
Churches
that manifest a growing formalism accompanied by spiritual
decline |
Philadelphia
The Weak but Loyal Church |
The Reformation
1500 AD - 1900 AD |
All earnest
churches |
Laodicea
The Rich, Poor Church |
The Last Days
1900 AD - Now |
Popular,
self-satisfied, worldly churches |