Reading the Greek Orthodox or Ethiopian text, we understand that this women after becoming Pauls student, she also taught with him. In Greece and other places Paul taught there are temples and churches in her honor, yet the Cannon writers thought to leaver her out. I am amazed at how much was taught and believed before the male centric writers removed the deeds of so many women.
Yes, something I wrote about in a dissertation years ago. She was his colleague. But also the evidence suggests that women were extremely important in both setting up and ensuring the survival of the early church. These were usually based in homes (Martha and Mary) and, I suggest, run or overseen by women, who after all were, more so then men, prominent in homes. There is also the later Donatist martyr who similarly appears to have been dominant, but in North Africa.
Often the history truth is found in the writings of allies and not ourselves. When we investigate the data that exist, we find many explanations of other women in Paul's leading, however this one reminds me of the challenge David had with Saul, when the followers began to acknowledge the student above the teachers. Churches today, are still taking the credit for what an associate may have done. Search the data from another writers from the Mediterranean region. More information still to be uncovered.
Women played such a consistent role in the early church, that at times I believe that is was effectively a female construction. There is a feminine element to Christianity absent from Judaism and Islam. Amongst his disciples there were women; Mary Magdalene for example, whom I suggest functioned as an apostle, causing the later church to then classify her as a prostitute.
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