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Nymphas

NYMPHAS. St. Paul writing to the Colossians, salutes Nymphas, and the Church which is in his House. Some Latins have thought1, that Nymphas was here the Name of a Woman: But the Greek Text2 shews plainly it must be a Man. The Greeks keep the Feast of Nymphas on the 28th of February, and give him the Name of an Apostle. They add, that he died in Peace.

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  1. Ambrosiast. Anselm. Lyrand. alii plures. Greek Manuscripts read, Καὶ τὴν κατ’ οἶκον αὐτῶν Ἐκκλησίαν. reading which would leave us in Uncertainty, whether Nymphas was a Man or Woman. ↩

  2. Καὶ Νυμφᾶν, καὶ τὴν κατ’ οἶκον αὐτῆς Ἐκκλησίαν. Some The Church which is in their House. A manner of ↩

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