Christians in Tralles

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Christians in Tralles were members of an early Christian community in the ancient city of Tralles in Asia Minor, known primarily as the recipients of one of Ignatius of Antioch’s epistles.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Christians in Tralles canonical 1
Trallians (church at Tralles) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian community in Asia Minor
early Christian community
associatedWith Epistle to the Trallians
Ignatius of Antioch
Polybius of Tralles
commemoratedIn Christian church history
culturalContext Greco-Roman urban society
doctrinalConcernMentioned Christology
church unity
obedience to ecclesiastical hierarchy
encouragedByIgnatiusTo avoid heresy
maintain unity with their bishop
remain obedient to church leaders
era post-apostolic age
geographicalContext western Asia Minor
hasLeader Polybius of Tralles
bishop of Tralles
historicalSource corpus of Ignatian epistles
patristic literature
knownFor receiving an epistle from Ignatius of Antioch
knownFrom Epistle to the Trallians
language Greek
locatedIn Asia Minor
Roman province of Asia
Tralles
mentionedBy Ignatius of Antioch
partOf Christian communities of Asia Minor
early Church
practiced Christian liturgy
Eucharist
linked to: Holy Eucharist

baptism
receivedDocument Epistle to the Trallians
relatedGroup Christians in Antioch
Christians in Ephesus
linked to: church in Ephesus

Christians in Magnesia
Christians in Philadelphia (Asia Minor)
Christians in Rome
Christians in Smyrna
linked to: church in Smyrna
religion Christianity
theologicalOrientation proto-orthodox Christianity
timePeriod early 2nd century
early Christianity
under Roman Empire

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Letter to the Trallians audience Christians in Tralles
Letters of Ignatius of Antioch containsLetterTo Trallians (church at Tralles)
linked to: Christians in Tralles