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<p>[QUOTE="Bert Gedin, post: 3137967, member: 92556"]As a virtual ignoramus, a few simple clues. Laodicea (in Turkey) was a Christian Centre. Seems the name can refer to early Christians being lukewarm or indifferent.</p><p>In 188 BC Laocidea became part of the Kingdom of Pergamon and later on fell into the Roman rule in 133 BC. Levelled by an earthquake during Nero's reign, but re-built. A coiner describes a Laodicean coin as "new-style" Eastern, not Rome."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bert Gedin, post: 3137967, member: 92556"]As a virtual ignoramus, a few simple clues. Laodicea (in Turkey) was a Christian Centre. Seems the name can refer to early Christians being lukewarm or indifferent. In 188 BC Laocidea became part of the Kingdom of Pergamon and later on fell into the Roman rule in 133 BC. Levelled by an earthquake during Nero's reign, but re-built. A coiner describes a Laodicean coin as "new-style" Eastern, not Rome."[/QUOTE]
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