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Epistle to the Laodiceans
A purported epistle from the apostle Paul to the Laodiceans is mentioned in Colossians 4:16, although the original document has never been found. Some scholars argue that the apostle was not referencing a lost epistle, but rather a generally-circulated one, such as his epistle to the Ephesians. In any case, the pseudepigraphic letter here presented is from a 4th-century Latin text, which possibly stemmed from a Greek original. This Latin text is first witnessed in Codex Fuldensis, and it was included in Latin Bibles in the medieval period.
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