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APOSTLE PAUL: THE ARCHITECT AND BUILDER OF THE CHURCH M. M. NINAN ____________________________________________ Then also this could be the result of the school of thought started by Paul. It is this school that started the movement in the first place, extending the field of work beyond the Jewish religion to the Gentile world. So any of these people could as well have written some of these epistles. It was the common practice of the School of Prophets from the ancient past to write in the name of the founder prophet as the writing represented the thought pattern of the major prophet. Even today when a student publishes an original research work, it is usual to add the name of the Professor under whom the student worked. Lost Pauline Epistles There are some indications that some of the epistles are lost to us. Here are some. • The first Epistle to Corinth referenced at 1 Corinthians 5:9 • The third Epistle to Corinth called Severe Letter referenced at 2 Corinthians 2:4 and 2 Corinthians 7:8-9 • The Corinthian letter to Paul referenced at 1 Corinthians 7:1 • The Earlier Epistle to the Ephesians referenced at Ephesians 3:3-4 • The Epistle to the Laodiceans [5] referenced at Colossians 4:16 Non-canonical Pauline Epistles Several non-canonical epistles exist claiming or having been claimed to have been written by Paul. Most, if not all, scholars reject their authenticity. They include • Third Epistle to the Corinthians (canonical for a time in the Armenian Orthodox) • Epistle to the Laodiceans (found in Codex Fuldensis) • Epistle of the Corinthians to Paul (addressed to Paul, not written by him) • Epistle to the Alexandrians Texts also exist which claim to have been written by (or about) Paul. These include • Acts of Paul and Thecla: • Acts of Peter and Paul • Apocalypse of Paul • Coptic Apocalypse of Paul • Prayer of the Apostle Paul • Epistle to Seneca the Younger
APOSTLE PAUL: THE ARCHITECT AND BUILDER OF THE CHURCH M. M. NINAN ____________________________________________ Some have also postulated the existence of a third epistle to the Thessalonians (second chronologically) forged in Paul's name, citing 2 Th 2:1-2, 3:17 as evidence.That hypothesis, has not gained acceptance Captivity Epistles: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon are called the "Captivity Epistles" because in each of them the author speaks of being in prison at the time of writing. Pastoral Epistles 1-2 Timothy and Titus are known as the "Pastoral Epistles" because, addressed to individuals rather than communities, they give advice to disciples about caring for the flock. The letters of the Pauline corpus are arranged in roughly descending order of length from Romans to Philemon, with Hebrews added at the end. Example of Higher Criticism: Summary of the reasons for thinking Ephesians is not by Paul The language and style are different. Ephesians contains 40 new words, eg 1:3 "heavenly places"; "family, or fatherhood" (3:15). 1:19 has four different words for "power"; Eph & Col use a different word for "reconcile" from Paul's word (Col 1:20, 22; Eph 2:16). And they both use many very long sentences, eg 1:3-14; 1:15-23; 3:1-7; 4:11- 16; 6:14-20. Also Col 1:9-20. • Ephesians copies Colossians at many places. Ephesians has 155 verses, 73 of which are copied from Colossians: eg Ephesians 4:1-2 = Colossians 3:12-13. Ephesians 5:19-2 = Colossians 3:16-17, Ephesians 6:21-22 = Colossians 4:7-8. • Ephesians takes many key ideas from Colossians. Wisdom, mystery. The word of truth. Gospel of salvation. Saints of God.
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