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The three Pastoral Epistles are books of the canonical New Testament: the First Epistle to Timothy (1 Timothy) the Second Epistle to Timothy (2 Timothy), and the Epistle to Titus. They are presented as letters from Paul of Tarsus to Timothy and to Titus. Authorship and dateMany scholars today doubt that they were written by Paul; they consider its vocabulary and literary style different from Paul's unquestionably authentic letters, fail to fit the life situation of Paul in the epistles into Paul's reconstructed biography, and claim to find principles of the emerged Christian church rather than those of the apostolic generation. Those who ascribe the books to Paul find their placement fits within his life
and work, and see the linguistical differences as complimentary to differences in the recipients: while other Pauline Epistles have fledgling congregations as the audience, the Pastoral Epistles are directed to Paul's close companions. In this view, linguistic differences are to be expected. According to Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament, 1997), the majority of scholars who accept a post-Pauline date of composition for the Pastorals favor the period 80-100. More recently, earlier dates have been argued by scholars who have identified targets of the epistles' criticism among those also known to Ignatius and Polycarp, who died in the early second century. - Main article: Authorship of the Pauline epistles
Ecclesiological teachingsTitles and OfficesQualificationsCharitable ministriesEthical teachingsOther theological teachings See also First Epistle to Timothy Second Epistle to Timothy
Briefe des Paulus an Timotheus Première épître à Timothée 1 List do Tymoteusza 2 List do Tymoteusza Deuxième épître à Timothée Brief des Paulus an Titus Épître à Tite Epistula ad Titum De brief van Paulus aan Titus テトスへの手紙 Epístolas pastorais Pastoraalikirjeet Titusbrevet 提摩太前書
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