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Paul’s “Captivity Letters,” the epistles of Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, and Philippians, were written during his period of imprisonment. In these four letters Paul discusses, among many things, Gnostic teaching, the mystery of Christ (Christology), specific points of faith that Christians should adhere to, and the theology of the Church.

the world and work and all human things. For the world is good. Adam’s sin destroyed the divine balance of creation; but God the Father sent his only Son to re-establish peace, so that we, his children by adoption, might free creation from disorder and reconcile all things to God” (Christ Is Passing By, 112). 1:21. “Hostile in mind”: literally, “enemies in mind and thought”; for, even if they did not formally declare themselves to be enemies of God, they were
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