Authorship & Canon
This is the number of letters in the New Testament that are traditionally attributed to Saint Paul in Catholic Bibles?
What is 13?
Paul wrote his epistles during these two decades.
What are the 50s and 60s AD?
This is the central them of Romans.
These two conditions are named as requirements for becoming a bishop in 1 Timothy.
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This Pauline letter is placed first in the New Testament canon because of its length and doctrinal importance.
What is Romans?
DAILY DOUBLE
Paul wrote this community in order to address serious divisions and moral problems, including abuses at the Lord’s Supper.
Corinth/Corinthians
This word is used differently in Colossians to describe the universal Body of Christ rather Christians in one single location.
What is "church/ekklesia?"
In Ephesians, Paul exhorts women to be subordinate to their husbands. He also commands husbands to do this.
What is "love your wives as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her?"
This letter is addressed to an individual rather than a community but is not considered one of the Pastoral Epistles.
What is Philemon?
Titus was the bishop of this island.
What is Crete?
Paul addresses the issue of the parousia in his letters to this community.
What is Thessaloniki/the Thessalonians?
In this letter, which is his most personal, Paul emphasizes that God's power and reconciliation can shrine through human weakness.
What is 2 Corinthians?
These are the three Pastoral Letters?
What are 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus?
Paul wrote his first epistle in this year.
What is 51 AD? (1 Thessalonians)
This letter emphasizes the headship of Christ over all creation and the Church, highlighting that in Christ “all the fullness” of God dwells.
What is Colossians?
In this letter, Paul speaks extensively about being joyful in the midst of suffering.
What is Philippians?
Some scholars believe that this epistle was not written by Paul but by one of his disciples, thus making it a pseudepigraph.
What is Ephesians?
These are two ways in which we can determine when Paul wrote his epistles.
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Paul's message in Galatians reflects this event described in Acts 15?
What is the Council of Jerusalem in which it was determined that Gentile converts do not have to follow the Mosaic law, i.e., they do not need to become Jewish first.
Aside from Jewish legalism (i.e., requiring new believers to follow the Mosaic law), these are two other false doctrines Paul warns against.
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