Corpus-Paul

[Billy Evans <biblewje AT comcast.net>]

on 10/26/02 11:27 PM, Stephen C. Carlson at scarlson AT mindspring.com wrote:

> 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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didn't Lightfoot settle this question?