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2 Timothy 2:14-16 contains a number of commands addressed to Paul's co-worker (in the second person) about how one to teach or relate to those in disputes pertaining heresy. [17] The teaching of Paul was regarded authoritative by Gnostic and anti-Gnostic groups alike in the second century, but this epistle stands out firmly and becomes a basis ...
The text is structured like a series of letters; each section is signed "Timothy Dexter", "T Dexter", or "T D'r" variably at the bottom, with some containing headings like "From the museum of Timothy Dexter, esq." [9] Throughout, Dexter complains about things like politicians and the clergy, while also praising his own glory and power. He even ...
Onesiphorus (Greek: Ονησιφόρος; meaning "bringing profit" or "useful") was a Christian referred to in the New Testament letter of Second Timothy (2 Tim 1:16–18 and 2 Tim 4:19). According to the letter sent by St. Paul , Onesiphorus sought out Paul who was imprisoned at the time in Rome .
In The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan writes of Demas, a deceiver, who beckons to pilgrims at the Hill Lucre, urging them to join in the supposed silver mining being carried out there; he is described as a "fellow pilgrim", just as Demas is described by Paul as a "fellow worker," but has a love for earthly treasures which caused him to desert the path and could lead to his death, just as ...
The Acts of Timothy (Acta Timothei) are a work of New Testament apocrypha, most likely from the 5th century, which are primarily concerned with portraying the apostle Timothy as the first bishop of Ephesus and describing his death during a violent pagan festival in the same town.
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Fragments showing 1 Timothy 2:2–6 on Codex Coislinianus, from ca. AD 550. The original Koine Greek manuscript has been lost, and the text of surviving copies varies. The earliest known writing of 1 Timothy has been found on Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 5259, designated P133, in 2017. It comes from a leaf of a codex which is dated to the 3rd century ...
Volume 6: On Penance (continued), on Extreme Unction, on Holy Orders, and on Matrimony Volume 7 : On Matrimony (continued), and on judgments and irregularities Volume 8 : On the practice of confessions, examination of ordinands, summary of moral doctrines and canons from the works of Benedict XIV