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    Colossae (/kəˈlɒsi/; Ancient Greek: Κολοσσαί), sometimes called Colosse, was an ancient city of Phrygia in southern Asia Minor (Anatolia), Turkey. The...
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    in company with Apphia, Archippus, and Onesimus, had been martyred at Colossae during the first general persecution in the reign of Nero. In the list...
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    "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...
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    Epistle to the Colossians (category Colossae)
    text, by Paul the Apostle and Timothy, and addressed to the church in Colossae, a small Phrygian city near Laodicea and approximately 100 miles (160 km)...
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    (16 km) west of Denizli is, what was, in the 1st century AD, the city of Colossae. The weather is hot in Denizli in summers, whereas in winters, it may occasionally...
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    neighbourhood were many important ancient cities; it was 17 km west of Colossae, 10 km south of Hierapolis. and 160 km east of Ephesus. It was situated...
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    Epistle to Philemon (category Colossae)
    possibly a bishop of the church that met in his home (Philemon 1:1–2) in Colossae. This letter is now generally regarded as one of the undisputed works of...
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    Michael Choniates (category People from Colossae)
    1220) was a Byzantine Greek writer and cleric, born at Chonae (the ancient Colossae). At an early age he studied at Constantinople and was the pupil of Eustathius...
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    to connect with the road that goes to Laodicea on the Lykos and then Colossae. It is worth admiring the well preserved structure with three openings...
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    Onesimus (category People from Colossae)
    identified as a Christian accompanying Tychicus to visit the Christians in Colossae; nothing else is stated about him in this context. He may well be the freed...
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    Colossian Syncretism: The Interface Between Christianity and Folk Belief at Colossae. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 978-1-4982-1757-6. Bennett, Harold V. (2002). Injustice...
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    8) and July 13 (July 26), and the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae on September 6 (September 19). In addition, every Monday throughout the...
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    Priest (1937) Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae (Chonae) (4th century) Synaxis of the Archangel Michael at Nimborio (the...
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    to attribute at that point in history. Corinth Ephesus Galatia Philippi Colossae Thessalonica Rome Seven letters (with consensus dates) considered genuine...
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    historical artifacts from Hierapolis, as well as those from Laodiceia, Colossae, Tripolis, Attuda and other towns of the Lycos (Çürüksu) valley. The museum...
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    St. Paul, and the only early churches seem to be those of Laodicea and Colossae (Chonae) on the extreme inland fringe of the country, which itself pursued...
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  • community in Laodicea seems to have been closely connected with that of nearby Colossae (also in the Lycus valley, 10 miles (16 km) distant). Laodicea is mentioned...
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    been sent to Colossae in this scenario, but rather used as an example of Paul's doctrine to win a theological dispute far from Colossae, and there would...
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  • captivity The Colossus (disambiguation) Colossus Bridge (disambiguation) Colossae, an ancient city of Phrygia Colossal (disambiguation) Colosseum (disambiguation)...
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    sent to assassinate Tissaphernes, who was lured to Ariaeus' residence in Colossae and slain in 395 BC. Encyclopædia Iranica comments that: Tissaphernes has...
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    A. (2014). p.213 Cadwallader, Alan H.; Trainor, Michael (2011-12-07). Colossae in Space and Time: Linking to an Ancient City. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht....
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  • succeeds in persuading Persian King Artaxerxes II to have him executed at Colossae, Phrygia (now Turkey). Parysatis cannot forgive Tissaphernes for the rough...
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    ISBN 9780674011304 Cadwallader, Alan H.; Trainor, Michael (2011-12-07). Colossae in Space and Time: Linking to an Ancient City. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht....
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    Mark returned to Pentapolis later in life, after being sent by Paul to Colossae (Colossians 4:10; Philemon 24.) Some, however, think these actually refer...
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    Prayers". Catholic Online. Cadwallader, Alan H.; Michael Trainor (2011). Colossae in Space and Time. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 323. doi:10.13109/9783666533976...
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    Colossus of Rhodes and Paul's Epistle to the Colossians, which refers to Colossae. The island's name might be derived from erod, Phoenician for snake, since...
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  • plays of Menander Saint Onesimus, 1st century CE, a slave of Philemon of Colossae (Phrygia) Epictetus, 1-2nd century CE, a philosopher This disambiguation...
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    dating back to the Hellenistic period. a few remains of the ancient city of Colossae, in Honaz. Beycehöyük in Çivril, where several antiquities of the Copper...
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    Bithynia, Cappadocia, Caria, Chios, Churches ( Robbers of), Cilicia, Cnidus, Colossae, Corinth, Cos, Delos, Derbe, Diana, Ephesian, Ephesus, Galatia, Galatia...
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    Colossian Syncretism: The Interface between Christianity and Folk Belief at Colossae. Wipf & Stock Publishers. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1-4982-1757-6. Aitken, James...
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