Colossae
Americannoun
noun
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All that we can say is that the scruple-mongers at Colossae taught doctrines which had points of contact with Essenism.
From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton
Philemon lived at Colossae and was probably a convert of Paul and member of the Colossian church.
From The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books by Tidwell, Josiah Blake
Others, too, were with him, but none perhaps was dearer to S. Paul than a certain slave, Onesimus, who had fled from his master, Philemon, in Colossae.
From The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles by Wilmot-Buxton, H. J.
Colossae was the seat of an early Christian church, the result of St Paul’s activity at Ephesus, though perhaps actually founded by Epaphras.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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