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Colos's ians, (EPISTLE TO THE.) ( Eccl . Hist .) One of the smaller canonical epistles of the New Testament, ad- dre ed by St. Paul to the Christians of Colo e, a city of Phrygia. The evidences in favor of the authenticity of this epistle are so strong, that few even of the ex- treme rationalists of the present day have ventured to deny it. It is generally believed to have been written by the apostle Paul from Rome about A. D. 62. There is a very close connection between this epistle and that addre ed to the Ephesians. They were both written about the same time, and the condition of both churches was somewhat similar. The chief object of the apostle in this epistle was evidently to counteract certain phil- osophic or Judaistic doctrines that had crept into the Colo i an church, and which he regarded as endangering the purity of the Christian religion. He exhorts them steadfastly to adhere to the doctrines which he taught, and to reject all such errors. From the allusions made Col'ton, in New York , a post-village and township of St. Lawrence co., on the Racket River, abt. 7 m. S. by E. to them in this epistle, we gather that in many respects Colt's Foot, n. ( Bot . ) See TUSSILAGO. they resembled the dreamy speculations of the Jewish Colt's Neck, in New Jersey, a post-village of Mon- E enes, moulded and extended by contact with the false philosophy which, under the form and name of Gnosticism, prevailed over the East. Colos's us, n .; Lat. pl . Colo i, Eng. pl . COLOSSUSES. [Lat.; Gr. kolo os .] A gigantic brazen statue at Rhodes, and formerly esteemed one of the seven wonders of the world. Its feet rested on two moles, which formed the entrance of Rhodes harbor, and ships pa ed full sail between its legs. It was 70 cubits, or 105 feet high. A winding staircase ran to the top, from which it is said that, by the help of gla es, the shores of Asia Minor could be discerned. It was partly demolished by an earthquake, 224 B. c., and remained in ruins for nearly 900 years. In 672 it was sold by the Saracens, who were masters of the island, to a Jewish merchant, who loaded 900 camels with the bra , the value of which has been estimated at $150,000. -Any statue or figure of giant-like proportions. - See