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Onesimus, a slave that had departed from his master Philemon, was returning with this epistle wherein Paul asked Philemon to receive him as a "brother beloved" (Philemon 1:9–17). Philemon was a wealthy Christian, possibly a bishop [3] of the church that met in his home (Philemon 1:1–2) in Colossae.
Philemon was a wealthy Christian and a minister (possibly a bishop). [ 6 ] 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 ]
Onesimus (Ancient Greek: Ὀνήσιμος, romanized: Onēsimos, meaning "useful"; died c. 107 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, a man of Christian faith.
The Epistle to Philemon has become an important text in regard to slavery; it was used by pro-slavery advocates as well as by abolitionists. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] In the epistle, Saint Paul writes to Saint Philemon that he is returning Saint Onesimus , a fugitive slave, back to him; however, Paul also entreats Philemon to regard Onesimus, who he says ...
The Lanchester Marionettes created a puppet show Philemon and Baucis in 1952 [4] One of the cities in Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities (1972) is named after Baucis. Charles Frazier's novel, Cold Mountain (1997), ends with a reading of this myth. Film director Károly Makk sets his film Philemon és Baucis during the Hungarian uprising of 1956.
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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."
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