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The Definition of the word Hierapolis

Hierapolis

Sacred city, a city of Phrygia, where was a Christian church "under the care of Epaphras (Col. 4:12, 13). This church was" founded at the same time as that of Colosse. It now bears the "name of Pambuk-Kalek, i.e., "Cotton Castle", from the white" appearance of the cliffs at the base of which the ruins are found.


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The New Testament