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Artemas

(Encyclopedia)Artemas ärˈtĭməs [key], companion of Paul, mentioned in his Letter to Titus. ...

Crescens

(Encyclopedia)Crescens krĕsˈənz [key], in the New Testament, companion of Paul, a missionary in Galatia. ...

Cambon, Pierre Paul

(Encyclopedia)Cambon, Pierre Paul käNbôNˈ [key], 1843–1924, French diplomat; brother of Jules Martin Cambon. Named resident minister to Tunis in 1882, he conceived and organized the new Tunisian protectorate ...

Gray Eminence

(Encyclopedia)Gray Eminence: see Joseph, Father. ...

Inver Grove Heights

(Encyclopedia)Inver Grove Heights, city (2020 pop. 36,092), Dakota co., SE Minn. A suburb of St. Paul, its manufactures include motor-vehicle and aircraft parts, asph...

Joseph, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Joseph, Saint, husband of the Virgin Mary, a carpenter, a descendant of the house of David. He was apparently dead at the time of the Passion, for his last appearance in the Gospels is at the finding ...

Philemon, epistle of the New Testament

(Encyclopedia)Philemon fĭlēˈmən [key], letter of the New Testament, written to a Colossian named Philemon by Paul, probably when the latter was a prisoner in Rome (c.a.d. 60). Onesimus, Philemon's fugitive slav...

Franz Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Franz Joseph, emperor of Austria and king of Hungary: see Francis Joseph. ...
 

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