COLOSSIANS, THE EPISTLE TO THE
- COLOSSIANS, THE EPISTLE TO THE
by St. Paul, directed mainly against two errors of that early date, that the fleshly nature of man is no adequate vehicle for the reception and revelation of the divine nature, and that for redemption recourse must be had to direct mortification of the flesh.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
James Wood.
1907.
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