Archippus (;
Ancient Greek
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: Ἄρχιππος, "master of the horse") was an early Christian believer mentioned briefly in the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...
epistles of
Philemon and
Colossians
The Epistle to the Colossians is the twelfth book of the New Testament. It was written, according to the text, by Paul the Apostle and Timothy, and addressed to the church in Colossae, a small Phrygian city near Laodicea and approximately f ...
.
Role in the New Testament
In
Paul
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
* Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
's letter to Philemon (), Archippus is named once alongside
Philemon and Apphia as a host of the church, and a "fellow soldier." In (ascribed to Paul), the church is instructed to tell Archippus to "Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it."
Role in tradition
According to the 4th century
Apostolic Constitutions (7.46), Archippus was the first bishop of
Laodicea in
Phrygia (now part of
Turkey
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). Another tradition states that he was one of the 72 disciples appointed by
Jesus Christ
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
in . The Roman Catholic Church observes a feast day for Saint Archippus on March 20. The Eastern Orthodox Church observes a feast day on February 19 as well as November 22 along with Saints Philemon, Apphia, and Onesimus. According to tradition, he was stoned to death.
See also
*
Colossians 4
External links
''St. Archippus''catholic.org
* http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92998
* https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2018/02/holy-apostle-archippus-of-seventy.html
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Seventy disciples
People in the Pauline epistles
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Epistle to the Colossians
Epistle to Philemon
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