Wasn’t it Ephasus that had temples for all the gods and one for the Unknown? Seems like we need more missionaries in our cities to teach the foreigners who come here to live.
No, that was Athens (Acts 17). Imagine that, the center of the academic world at that time and they had a statue to an “unknown” god. Silly Athenians.
Fear not countries like China, and countries in Africa are sending missionaries to the US. No joke.
Ephesus was famed for a huge Temple of Diana (aka Artemus).
Mentioned in the New Testament when the silversmiths (makers of idols-for-sale)
went ballistic at the possiblity of lost revenue with the arrival of
Christians.
At least one documentary on History Channel (”Lost Worlds” series?)
had a nice review of the thought and labor that went into building
the temple (and IIRC, rebuilding it after it was destroyed by an earthquake).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesus
As mentioned in a previous post, it was in Athens that the Apostle Paul
took note of the veneration of many gods, including an “unknown god”.
I’ve not been to Athens, but I’ve heard that venue in which made the
speech is still known by it’s ancient name, the Areopagus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areopagus
Athens