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Bithynia

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Bi·thyn·i·a  (b-thn-)
An ancient country of northwest Asia Minor in present-day Turkey. Originally inhabited by Thracians, it was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the first century b.c.
Bi·thyni·an adj. & n.
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Noun1.BithyniaBithynia - an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC
Nicaea - an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325
Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
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Today's text illustrates well the old observation that the true title of the book should be "The Acts of the Holy Spirit," as the Spirit blocks Paul's work in Asia and Bithynia (16:6f.
Sixth Sunday of Easter: May 13, 2007 by Heider, George C. / Currents in Theology and Mission
There is an interesting exchange between Pliny, governor of Bithynia, and the Emperor Trajan over the formation of a firemen's guild in the second century CE that illustrates what happens when an association or club goes from being just another association to being one with a political edge.
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While there, he is said to have developed an indecent relationship with the king of Bithynia, a powerful kingdom in northern Asia Minor.
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