"original churches"-Pauls Letters

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Do any of the local churches that Paul wrote to still exist?
 
I’m thinking the original meeting places for Christians (and the places where Paul worshipped) would have been the synagogues in each town. A lot of the towns still exist. Assuming that a) their remains of 1st century AD are intact and b) some of the towns are small enough to have just one or a handful of synagogues, you could probably fairly definitely determine where Paul probably hung out.

I’m sure there are some books on Biblical archaeology around if you want to search for them. Maybe start at your local library?
 
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puzzleannie:
this should probably go in Eastern Chrisianity forum
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Well Im guessing the church at Rome is the same one today, its just those at Corinth, Galatia, etc maybe this would go better in the other forum
 
Catholic Dude:
Do any of the local churches that Paul wrote to still exist?
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Today, “Local Church” includes the whole diocese. I’m not sure, but it may have been the same back then. With that in mind, a lot of the churches are now in Muslim areas, aren’t they?

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Catholic Dude:
Do any of the local churches that Paul wrote to still exist?
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Depends on what you mean by local. Ephesus (around 540ish A.D) and Corinth are gone as cities for example. Does that mean that the church disappeared or just migrated to another city. As Ignatius said, Where the Bishop is, there is the catholic church.

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LilyM:
I’m thinking the original meeting places for Christians (and the places where Paul worshipped) would have been the synagogues in each town. A lot of the towns still exist. Assuming that a) their remains of 1st century AD are intact and b) some of the towns are small enough to have just one or a handful of synagogues, you could probably fairly definitely determine where Paul probably hung out.

I’m sure there are some books on Biblical archaeology around if you want to search for them. Maybe start at your local library?
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Catholic Dude,

You weren’t talking about the brick-and-mortar places of worship, were you?
 
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Catholic Dude,

You weren’t talking about the brick-and-mortar places of worship, were you?
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They clearly werent in church buildings when Paul wrote those letters.
 
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