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The text was almost unanimously considered pseudepigraphal when Biblical canon was decided upon, and does not appear in any Greek copies of the Bible at all, nor is it known in Syriac or other versions. Jerome wrote in the 4th century, "it is rejected by everyone" (Lives of Illustrious Men, Chapter 5). However, it evidently gained a certain degree of respect. It appeared in over 100 surviving early Latin copies of the Bible. According to Biblia Sacra iuxta vulgatum versionem, there are Latin Vulgate manuscripts containing this epistle dating between the 6th and 12th century, including Latin manuscripts F ( Codex Fuldensis ), M, Q, B, D (Ardmachanus), C, and Lambda. The epistle also appeared in all the early German translations before Martin Luther 's, and was thus evidently considered canon by much of the western church for quite some time. In the Epistle To The Colossians , Paul, after instructing them to send an Epistle to Laodicea, adds: "read that which is from the Laodiceans". This most probably regards a circular letter, the canonical "Ephesians"; but it has been held to be a lost letter to the Laodicean Christians. The apocryphal epistle is generally considered a transparent attempt to supply this supposed lost sacred document. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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