1. The Church in Sardis
2. The Church in Philadelphia
3. The Church in Laodicea

The Seven Churches in History
Ephesus “Desired One” 30-100 AD
Smyrna “Myrrh” 100-312 AD
Pergamum “Marriage 312-606 AD
Thyatira “Continual Sacrifice” 606 – present
Sardis “Escaping Ones” 1520 – present
Philadelphia “Brotherly Love” 1750 – present
Laodicea “People Ruling” 1900 – present

Emperors of Rome
Nero AD 54-68
Domitian AD 81-96
Trajan AD 98-117
Marcus Aurelius AD 161-181
Severus AD 193-211
Maximinius AD 235-238
Decius AD 249-251
Valerian AD 253-260
Aurelian AD 270-275
Diocletian AD284-305

Roman Catholicism Historical Dates
AD 300 – Prayers for the dead
AD 300 – Making sign of the cross
AD 375 – Worship of Saints and Angels
AD 394 – Mass first instituted
AD 431 – Worship of Mary begun
AD 500 – Priests began dressing differently than laymen
AD 526 – Extreme Unction
AD 593 – Doctrine of purgatory introduced
AD 600 – Worship services conducted in Latin
AD 600 – Prayers directed to Mary
AD 607 – Boniface III made first Pope
AD 709 – Kissing the Pope’s foot
AD 786 – Worshipping of images and relics
AD 850 – Use of “holy water” begun
AD 995 – Canonization of dead saints
AD 998 – Fasting on Fridays and during Lent
AD1079 – Celibacy of the Priesthood
AD1090 – Prayer beads
AD1184 – The Inquisition
AD1190 – Sale of Indulgences
AD1215 – Transubstantiation
AD1220 – Adoration of the wafer (Host)
AD1229 – Bible forbidden to laymen
AD1414 – Cup forbidden to people at communion
AD1439 – Doctrine of purgatory decreed
AD1439 – Doctrine of 7 sacraments affirmed
AD1508 – The Ave Maria approved
AD1534 – Jesuit order founded
AD1545 – Tradition granted equal authority with Bible
AD1546 – Apocryphal books put into Bible
AD1854 – Immaculate Conception of Mary
AD1864 – Syllabus of Errors proclaimed
AD1870 – Infallibility of Pope declared
AD1930 – Public schools condemned
AD1950 – Assumption of the Virgin Mary
AD1965 – Mary proclaimed Mother of the Church