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A-Z: General definitions: Onesimus
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According to the New Testament Onesimus was a slave who ran away from his master Philemon, a Christian friend of Paul. Onesimus then met Paul and became a Christian. Paul's Letter to Philemon asks Philemon to forgive Onesimus and accept him as a fellow Christian.
A 'testament' is a covenant (binding agreement), a term used in the Bible of God's relationship with his people. The New Testament is the second part of the Christian Bible. Its name comes from the new covenant or relationship with God.
Name originally given to disciples of Jesus by outsiders and gradually adopted by the Early Church.
The 'Apostle to the Gentiles' (d. c. CE 65). Paul had a major role in setting up the Early Church and is believed to be the author of several letters in the Bible.
This brief letter is addressed by Paul to a Christian slave-owner Philemon, whose slave Onesimus has found refuge with Paul. He urges Philemon to take back Onesimus now as a 'beloved brother'. This provideds a snapshot of one of the social realities (slavery) of the ancient world.
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