RELG 203 Lecture 2: Week 9-2 Lecture Notes
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Arguments surrounding the pseudipgraphical identity of the pastoral epistles are generally predicated on the following. The letters don"t seem to t into the reconstructed biography of paul based on acts and other other letters (but, this depends on the belief that acts can be seen as the. Nal arbiter of paul"s biography, a notion that is far from certain). Reason or faith in the authority of the church. Form of christianity that turns into gnosticism. Gnosticisms; the secret knowledge that needs to be revealed to you by revelation. Iraneaus; second century - against the heresies. Supporters of 1 & 2 timothy as pauline suggest that paul was released from prison in. Rome after the events narrated in acts, before being imprisoned again in 67 or 68. The epistle to titus would be written after a visit by paul to crete mentioned in titus.
