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Priscilla

Also: Prisca

One of the most important women of the early Church. With her husband Aquila she worked with Paul, hosted Christian communities in their home and helped teach other preachers.

  • Early Church
  • Missionary

Awaiting theological review

What we know — and how

Scripture tells us

  • Tentmakers like Paul, she and Aquila worked with him in Corinth, taught Apollos the way of God more accurately and had a church in their house.(Acts of the Apostles 18:2–3; Acts of the Apostles 18:26; Romans 16:3–5; 1 Corinthians 16:19)

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