Laodiceanism

There is in this Town and County a Laodiceanism that I have not found in any other Place.

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1774, "The Prophet of York..." 1963

If the fanatics who are preoccupied day in and day out with their salvation were healthy, virtuous, and wise, the Laodiceanism of the ordinary man might be regarded as a deplorable shortcoming; but, as a matter of fact, no more frightful misfortune could threaten us than a general spread of fanaticism.

Getting Married George Bernard Shaw 1903

To be "poor in spirit" is the opposite of Laodiceanism, which consists of self-complacency and self-sufficiency, imagining I am "rich, and in need of nothing."

Reformation Theology John 2010

To be "poor in spirit" is the opposite of Laodiceanism, which consists of self-complacency and self-sufficiency, imagining I am "rich, and in need of nothing."

Reformation Theology John 2010