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Colossae

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Colossae (kəlŏs`ē), ancient city of SW Phrygia, Asia Minor, S of the Maeander (modern Menderes) River, in W Turkey, 4 mi (6.4 km) E of Denizli. It flourished as a trading town until eclipsed by neighboring Laodicea. The area around Colossae was famous for fantastic theological theories in early Christian times. Although Paul himself never went there, he addressed his epistle to the Colossians Colossians , New Testament letter. It was written to the Christians of Colossae and Laodicea, ostensibly by Paul while he was in prison, presumably in Rome (c.A.D. 60).
..... Click the link for more information.  through his fellow worker, Epaphras, who lived at Colossae.
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Scholars from several countries discuss such topics as the Jewish intra-group politics of Paul's Jerusalem meeting, apostolic identity and the conflicts in Corinth and Galatia, Paul's opponents in Galatia, whether Paul had opponents in Rome and what they were opposing, the opponents at Colossae, and Paul and the imperial cult.
Paul and his opponents by Reference & Research Book News
52) We know that Prisca and Aquila hosted house churches in Ephesus (1 Cor 16:19) and Rome (Rom 16:3-5), while Nympha hosted one in Laodicea (Col 4:15) and Philemon one in Colossae (Philemon 2).
Necessity is laid on me: the birth of mission in Paul by Krentz, Edgar / Currents in Theology and Mission
Byline: Rev Harry Ross PAUL'S advice to the people at Colossae is relevant to today's society.
THOUGHT for the DAY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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