Onesimus, Christ's Freedman (1882 Abbott), novel
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Onesimus, Christ's Freedman: Memoirs of a Disciple of St. Paul is a novel by Edwin A. Abbott
Editions and translations
Published in London (Macmillan, 1882) and Boston.
Abstract
Onesimus remembers his friendship with Paul and his personal experiences as a Christian in various localities, including Lystra, Colossae, Antioch, Athens, Corinth, and Rome, roughly, between 46 and 86 CE. Second of three novels on Christian origins by English schoolmaster and theologian, pioneer in liberal scholarship. Preceded by Philochristus (1878), followed by Silanus (1906).