The possible place of the Pastoral Epistles in the third-century Beatty codex of the Pauline letters raises some fascinating problems about ancient books. Some refer to the general epistles as the non-Pauline epistles, because they are the books of the New Testament that appear not to have been written by Paul the apostle. The Epistles are generally divided into the Pauline Epistles and the Non-Pauline (General) Epistles. Tyndale Bulletin 46.2 (1995) 287-314. The Role of women in Early Church based on Pauline epistles by Fr Bijo Panachamuttil There are many different views on how women should act within the church. Having covered Galatians, Paul’s earliest New Testament letter, we come now to his last canonical epistles — 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus, otherwise called the Pastoral Epistles due to their concern with church leaders and similar topics. Although they purport to be written by the Apostle Paul, many Biblical scholars today are convinced that the letters are pseudonymous and in fact written after Paul's death. THE PASTORAL EPISTLES (sometimes also referred to as part of the “Deutero-Paulines,” but this is best avoided). The Problem of the Pastoral Epistles: An Important Hypothesis Reconsidered Since the nineteenth century, questions have been raised about whether Paul actually wrote these letters. Chapter 14: The Non-Pauline Epistles Every classification demands a decision on the part of the classifier, for classifications do not ‘just happen’. Stanley E. Porter, “Pauline Authorship and the Pastoral Epistles: Implications for Canon,” Bulletin forBiblical Research 5 (1995): 105-123. So, they are 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus. The pastoral epistles are the pseudo-Pauline epistles, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus. This discussion will assume Pauline authorship of the Pastoral Epistles, although this is not critical for applying the letters to the workplace. The codex was made by creating a pile of papyrus leaves and folding it in the middle to create a book. I turn now to the other major factors to consider when weighing the authenticity of the Pastoral Our 2009 daily studies are surveying Paul’s life and thought through a look at both his first and final epistles. As we have seen, Paul wrote several times about women in the church. The Pauline Epistles include the collection of letters written by the apostle Paul that are part of the New Testament. PAULINE THEOLOGY OR PAULINE TRADITION IN THE PASTORAL EPISTLES: THE QUESTION OF METHOD* Philip H. Towner Summary This article re-examines the common positioning of The “Pauline Christians” believe that what Paul taught differs from what is taught in the Gospels. Another prominent themes in Paul’s pastoral epistles–1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus–is that of false teaching, false teachers, and the errors they foster. (3) that the language of the epistles is, to a large extent, different from that in the accepted epistles; (4) the "most decisive" of all the arguments against the Pauline authorship--so writes Dr. A.C. McGiffert (A History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age, 402)--is that "the Christianity of the Pastoral Epistles …