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Epistle to the Laodiceans

The Epistle to the Laodiceans is a short work found in some editions of the Vulgate, known only in Latin, purporting to be the epistle of Paul to the Laodiceans mentioned in the Epistle to the Colossians. It is near universally believed to be a forgery, being a mere pastiche of phrases taken from the genuine Pauline epistles. But, in any case, it contains almost no doctrine, teachings or narrative, and its exclusion from the canon has little effect.



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