As one of the Seven churches of [[Asia Minor|Asia]], it was addressed by [[John]], the author of the [[Book of Revelation]] in the [[Holy Bible]], in terms which seem to imply that its population was notoriously soft and fainthearted. | As one of the Seven churches of [[Asia Minor|Asia]], it was addressed by [[John]], the author of the [[Book of Revelation]] in the [[Holy Bible]], in terms which seem to imply that its population was notoriously soft and fainthearted. |