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</script>https://usml.edu/wp-content/uploads/Pilgrimage-2023-Post-Feature-Image-Turkey-2.jpg1200628Today, we visited Laodicea, one of the Churches mentioned in the book of Revelation (Rev 1:11, 3:14-22), and it was there that we were blessed to see the ruins of an early Christian community founded by St. Paul. The detail and artwork that went into these early churches was astounding, not only on an architectural level, but also theologically.