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See also: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 See also: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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