Assertion: epistle | /r/HasProperty | circular letter
Facets:
value: really
type: DEGREE
value: in that part of phrygia
type: LOCATION
value: to the churches either in asia
type: LOCATION
value: to other cities
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The second argument loses its force, if this Epistle was a circular letter, written to the Christians of Asia in general.
text: It is explained at once if theory is adopted that the epistle was a "circular" one addressed not to Laodicea only, but to other cities.
text: The other theory, that the epistle was a circular one, sent in the first instance to Laodicea, involves no such difficulty.
text: This element in the epistle, coupled with the strange fact of Marcion's attributing it to the Laodiceans, and the expression in Colossians 4:16 that points to a letter coming from Laodicea to Colosse, has led most writers of the present day to accept Ussher's suggestion that the epistle is really a circular letter to the churches either in Asia, or, perhaps better, in that part of Phrygia which lies near Colosse.
text: This element in the epistle, coupled with the strange fact of Marcion's attributing it to the Laodiceans, and the expression in Colossians 4:16 that points to a letter coming from Laodicea to Colosse, has led most writers of the present day to accept Ussher's suggestion that the epistle is really a circular letter to the churches either in Asia, or, perhaps better, in that part of Phrygia which lies near Colosse.