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Re: Antitheses

From: "Stephen C. Carlson" <scarlson AT mindspring.com>
To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Antitheses
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 01:27:15 -0400

At 09:57 PM 10/23/02 -0700, Peter Kirby wrote:
>Other than the assumption of authenticity (and scholarly opinion), what
>would indicate that the Pastorals were written before 140?

Well, there's not a whole lot to go on, but the church government
espoused in the Pastorals appears more primitive than the monarchical
episcopate championed by Ignatius in the early second century. This
approach, of course, may raise more questions that it can answer.

Stephen Carlson
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Antitheses, Peter Kirby, 10/19/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Antitheses, Edgar M. Krentz, 10/23/2002
- Re: Antitheses, Peter Kirby, 10/24/2002
- Re: Antitheses, Bob MacDonald, 10/24/2002
- Re: Antitheses, Stephen C. Carlson, 10/27/2002
- Re: Antitheses, Billy Evans, 10/27/2002
- Re: Antitheses, Peter Kirby, 10/27/2002
- Re: Antitheses, Billy Evans, 10/27/2002