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Colossae (/ k ə ˈ l ɒ s i /; Ancient Greek: Κολοσσαί) was an ancient city of Phrygia in Asia Minor, and one of the most celebrated cities of southern Anatolia (modern Turkey). The Epistle to the Colossians , an early Christian text which identifies its author as Paul the Apostle , is addressed to the church in Colossae.
The last page of Colossians in the Codex Claromontanus in the Bibliothèque nationale de France Ruined building in Colossae Schematic of Colossians, William Brooks Taylor (1910) Colossae is in the same region as the seven churches of the Book of Revelation. [25] In Colossians there is mention of local brethren in Colossae, Laodicea, and ...
The Colosseum (/ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ s iː ə m / KOL-ə-SEE-əm; Italian: Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo]) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum.
Laodicea is situated on the long spur of a hill between the narrow valleys of the small rivers Asopus and Caprus, which discharge their waters into the Lycus.. It lay on a major trade route [4] and in its neighbourhood were many important ancient cities; it was 17 km west of Colossae, 10 km south of Hierapolis.
The Christian community in Laodicea seems to have been closely connected with that of nearby Colossae (also in the Lycus valley, 10 miles (16 km) distant). [1] [2] Laodicea is mentioned four times in the New Testament's epistle to the Colossians (Col. 2:1; 4:13,15,16).
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Colossus computer, the first programmable electronic digital computer, used for code breaking in World War II; Colossus, the codename for a new version of the Google File System
Onesimus (Ancient Greek: Ὀνήσιμος, romanized: Onēsimos, meaning "useful"; died c. 68 AD, according to Catholic tradition), [1] also called Onesimus of Byzantium and The Holy Apostle Onesimus in the Eastern Orthodox Church, [2] was a slave [3] to Philemon of Colossae, a man of Christian faith.