Laodicean
- noun
- /ˌleɪəˈdɪsiən/
- The Laodicean church had just enough truth to salve the conscience without anyone becoming a fanatic.
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Many scholars study the writings of the early Christians from Laodicea, as they provide insight into the beliefs of the Laodicean people.
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Unlike other early Christian communities, the Laodiceans struggled to maintain their faith amid external pressures.
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We are living in the Laodicean Church age.
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The Laodicean church was a comfortable church.
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They most likely thought that everything they were doing was okay because they were the Laodicean church!
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And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write:
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Laodicean mentality that wants to control, he says, I have given you an example.
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"And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write: these things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
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They understood their own time as that of the sixth church, the church of Philadelphia; that is, they lived in the latest possible era before the seventh church (Laodiceans), when spiritual men would receive understanding in such measure that they would be able to transform human society into the most advanced state of spirituality possible on earth or, as others believed, they would be able to taste and touch divine truths as well as see them.
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To the church of Laodiceans, thou art neither cold nor hot; I will spew thee out of my mouth because thou sayest I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Laodicean = Laodicea (transparent) = Laodicea + an
Standard demonym formation from the place name with the productive suffix '-an', easily inferable as 'a person from Laodicea'.
Etymology
Laodicean comes from the city Laodicea, whose Greek parts laos 'people' and dike 'justice' give the name. So a Laodicean is a person who comes from or lived in that ancient city.