東正教對阿尼西母的歷史的一個看法 Saint Onesimus, Apostle of the Seventy in his youth was a servant of Philemon, a Christian of distinguished lineage, living in the city of Colossae, Phrygia. After the death of the Apostle Paul, St Onesimus served the apostles until their end, and he was made a bishop. After the death of the holy apostles he preached the Gospel in many lands and cities: in Spain, Carpetania, Colossae, Patras. In his old age, St Onesimus occupied the bishop’s throne at Ephesus, after the Apostle Timothy. When they took St Ignatius the God-Bearer (December 20) to Rome for execution, Bishop Onesimus came to meet with him with other Christians, as St Ignatius mentions in his Epistle to the Ephesians. During the reign of the emperor Trajan (89-117), St Onesimus was arrested and brought to trial before the eparch Tertillus. He held the saint in prison for eighteen days, and then sent him to prison in the city of Puteoli. After a certain while, the eparch sent for the prisoner and, convincing himself that St Onesimus maintained his faith in Christ, had him stoned, after which they beheaded the saint with a sword. A certain illustrious woman took the body of the martyr and placed it in a silver coffin. This took place in the year 109. https://oca.org/saints/lives/2011/02/15/100526-apostle-onesimus-of-the-seventy https://orthodoxlogos5.wordpress/2013/11/22/saints-and-feasts-apostle-philemon-of-the-seventy-st-onesimus-the-disciple-of-st-paul-st-apphia-the-wife-of-philemon-and-equal-of-the-apostles-apostle-archippus-the-martyr-of-the-seventy/ -- I received therefore your numerous body[5] in the name of God in the person of Onesimus, whose love surpasses words, who is, besides, in the flesh your bishop. I pray that you may love him with a love according to Jesus Christ, and that you may all be like him. For blessed is He Who granted unto you, worthy as you are, to possess such a bishop. earlychristianwritings/srawley/ephesians.html Ignatius, writing sometime around 110AD, refers to the bishop in Ephesus, Onesimus.
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