ARCHIPPUS

 

Archippus was one of the Seventy Apostles. The Apostle Paul mentions him in his Epistle to the Colossians: And tell Archippus, 'See that you fulfill the ministry that you received in the Lord' (Colossians 4:17), as well as in his letter to Philemon, calling him our fellow soldier (Philemon 1:2). The center of Christianity in the town of Colossae was in the home of Philemon. Here Christians gathered for prayer. In writing to Philemon, the Apostle Paul called this the church in thy house (Philemon 1:2). At that time the apostles consecrated their disciples to the bishopric, some of them in permanent dioceses and others as missionaries traveling to various places. Philemon was one of the latter. Apphia, Philemon's wife, hosted and served in the domestic church. At the time of a pagan feast to the goddess Artemis, all the faithful in Colossae, according to their custom, gathered in the home of Philemon for prayer. Learning of this gathering, the pagans rushed in and apprehended all the Christians. As the leaders, Philemon, Apphia and Archippus were first whipped and afterward buried up to their waists and stoned. Thus, they slew Philemon and Apphia. Archippus they removed from the pit barely alive and left him to the amusement of the children. The unbaptized children, consumed by ancestral sin, stabbed him all over with knives. In such a manner did this "fellow soldier" in battle finish well the course of his earthly path. Woe to the Protestant heretics, who know nothing, for they have forgotten the 70 Apostles and their trials.

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