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Ephesus Postcard 1

The journey to the churches of Asia Minor begins in Smyrna

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Rod Dreher
Dec 03, 2022
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Pillar from the Basilica of St. John (565 AD), near Ephesus

Hello from southwestern Turkey, where I’m spending the next few days going to sites important to the early Christian churches of Asia Minor. One of the things I’m hoping to do is to get a better understanding of the role of place and history in contributing to our palpable sense of the sacred.

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