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PASTORAL EPISTLES

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 898 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PASTORAL EPISTLES , the name given to St See also:Paul's letters to See also:Timothy and See also:Titus. The See also:term seems to have originated with J. A. L. See also:Wegscheider (1771-1849), See also:professor at See also:Halle. The three epistles mentioned are written to men rather than churches, and to men appointed to certain pastoral See also:work. In this respect they differ from the See also:personal and intimate See also:note which Paul wrote to See also:Philemon. They are closely related in origin, See also:style, diction and thought, and occupy 'so distinct a See also:place in these respects that the Pauline authorship of them has been much questioned.

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