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1 1 Timothy | 2 Timothy | Titus LEGITIMATE SCRIPTURE? Alleged Problems

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3 Secular Professors Teaching New Testament Christianity

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5 Three Challenges to Authenticity

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8 “Paul never appointed church supervisors (‘episkopos’) and always wrote to a church community, never to a bishop. When there were issues to be resolved, he never called on a bishop to provide leadership. If the Greek word ‘episkopos’ in Titus 1:7 was intended to refer to bishops, as is usually shown in English translations, then this was undoubtedly written well into the second century. …there is no evidence that the role of bishop existed before the second century, a position held by most critical scholars.” http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/12764/what- evidence-suggests-that-paul-was-not-the-author-of-titus

9 Three Challenges to Authenticity

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12 If Paul recognized such men in the church, why would he not have defined such a work? If Paul appointed such men in the church, why would he not have defined such a work?

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