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Epistles of King Abgar and Jesus
According to Eusebius in his Ecclesiastical History, King Abgar V of Edessa, after hearing about the active ministry of Jesus, purportedly wrote a letter to Him requesting that He come and heal him, to which Jesus replied in kind. Whether real or forgeries, these letters were at one point housed at the Church of St. Mary of Blachernae in Constantinople and later at the Church of the Virgin of the Pharos. They were written probably no later than the 3rd century if forgeries, and between AD 30–33 if authentic.
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