Epistle to Philemon - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

In its opening, the author of this epistle mentions Timothy as “our brother” and refers to himself as “a prisoner of Jesus Christ.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this short “prison epistle,” which instructs the title person to forgive a slave, for he is “no longer a slave but more than a slave, a beloved brother.”

ANSWER: Epistle to Philemon

[10e] During his first Roman imprisonment, this man wrote the “prison epistles,” part of thirteen epistles attributed to him in the New Testament.

ANSWER: Paul the Apostle [or Saint Paul; or Saul of Tarsus; accept Pauline epistles or epistles of Paul]

[10m] A “prison epistle” dedicated to this city describes wearing shoes prepared with the “gospel of peace” in an extended analogy about the “Armor of God.” In a Christian legend, seven men from this city escape the Decian persecution by sleeping in a cave.

ANSWER: Ephesus [accept Epistle to the Ephesians; accept the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus]

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California	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Florida	2025-02-01	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	Y	6	11.67	100%	0%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	11.67	83%	17%	17%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	20.00	100%	67%	33%
North	2025-02-01	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Northeast	2025-02-01	Y	5	12.00	80%	20%	20%
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	2	10.00	50%	0%	50%

Data


UC Berkeley B	UCLA	0	10	10	20
Florida B	Florida A	0	10	0	10
Kenyon	Carnegie Mellon A	0	10	0	10
Carnegie Mellon B	Michigan B	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	Case Western A	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Minnesota B	Iowa State	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Louisville A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
ESF A	Binghamton A	0	0	0	0
Claremont A	UC Berkeley A	0	10	0	10
Claremont B	UCSD	0	10	0	10
Valencia A	UCF B	0	10	0	10
Chicago C	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
WashU A	Chicago D	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	WashU B	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Missoui S&T	Missouri	0	10	0	10
Winona State	Wisconsin A	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Bruin A	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Cornell B	0	10	0	10
Vassar A	John Jay College	0	10	0	10
Yale A	Maryland A	10	10	0	20
Maryland B	Rutgers A	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	NYU A	0	10	10	20
Penn A	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
RIT A	RIT B	10	10	0	20
Case Western B	Ohio State A	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10
Michigan State	Michigan D	10	10	0	20
UNC B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
South Carolina	Liberty A	0	10	0	10
William & Mary	UNC C	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	UNC D	10	10	10	30
Duke	Virginia A	0	10	0	10
Wake Forest	Liberty B	0	0	0	0
Brown A	BU	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth A	Tufts A	0	10	0	10
Harvard A	Harvard B	10	10	10	30
Brandeis A	MIT A	0	10	0	10
UMass Boston	Brandeis B	0	0	0	0
Alberta	UBC	0	10	0	10
UW A	UW B	0	10	0	10
Texas A	ASU	0	10	10	20
Texas B	TAMU	0	10	0	10