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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.
Douglas Moo, in his commentary about Colossians, writes this about Epaphras: "Little is known about him, though we can infer that he was a native of Colossae and that he was perhaps converted by Paul himself during the apostle's ministry in Ephesus. The mention of a co-worker at this point in a Pauline epistle is unusual, and the strength of ...
In Paul's letter to Philemon (Philemon 1:2), Archippus is named once alongside Philemon and Apphia as a host of the church, and a "fellow soldier." In Colossians 4:17 (ascribed to Paul), the church is instructed to tell Archippus to "Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it."
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 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).
The Menaia of 22 November speak of Philemon as a holy apostle who, in company with Apphia, Archippus, and Onesimus, had been martyred at Colossae during the first general persecution in the reign of Nero. [5] In the list of the Seventy Apostles, attributed to Dorotheus of Tyre, Philemon is described as bishop of Gaza.
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.
Probably derived from the translation of the Vulgate Bible of Genesis 14: 23. divide et impera: divide and rule / "divide and conquer" A Roman maxim adopted by Roman Dictator Julius Caesar, King Louis XI of France and the Italian political author Niccolò Machiavelli. dixi: I have spoken: A popular, eloquent expression, usually used in the end ...