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Hierapolis

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Hi·er·ap·o·lis  (h--rp-ls)
An ancient city of northwest Asia Minor in present-day Turkey. The Roman city was known for its baths fed by hot springs. Hierapolis was also an early center of Christianity.


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In the early second century CE, Papias of Hierapolis claimed that Judas never believed in Jesus, and that he "walked about in this world as a great example of impiety," with bloated flesh, a massive head, and shameful genitals (Grant: 25).
"Saving Judas"--a social scientific approach to Judas's suicide in ... by Reed, David A. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
Apart from the Smyrna Church's Letter and Eusebius, Polycarp's memory was kept green through the (lost) Lord's Gospel written by his friend and fellow-pupil of John, Bishop Papias of Hierapolis.
St. Polycarp by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
That text, KITAB AL-UNWAN, a tenth century historical work by Agapius (also called Mahboub) bishop of Hierapolis, had been twice published earlier in the century, but its import had somehow been overlooked.
A Jewish Perspective of Jesus by Golden, Steven H. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
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