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Colossians 2
colossians.2.col2Record
χειρόγραφον τοῖς δόγμασιν
What was erased and nailed to the cross?
Cheirographon is a handwritten certificate of indebtedness; its decrees stood against us until God removed it by nailing it to the cross.
Why this default
Handwritten record leads because it preserves cheirographon’s concrete document image without deciding whether debt, decree, or acknowledged obligation dominates; the alternatives specify its legal force.
Evidence
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Project default · debt document
Responsible alternative · legal force
Indebtedness and decrees combined
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