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| Apr 15, 2015 at 21:11 | comment | added | Dick Harfield | @MarkEdward Thank you for kind words. I could have written a much longer answer by trying to establish with various degrees of certainty when pastorals were first mentioned, but thought better of it. Ignatius uses words something like those in 1 Tim 3:16, which might mean that this, the earliest pastoral, was circulating by about 117, but it could also mean we are reading more into Ignatius' epistle than we should. | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 15:07 | comment | added | Mark Edward | Excellent answer. I'd be interested if the author's anti-gnostic rhetoric (at least, that's what he appears to be criticizing) could help narrow down his time and locale. Are you aware of any cross-examination with, e.g., Ignatius or Polycarp? | |
| Apr 15, 2015 at 7:31 | history | answered | Dick Harfield | CC BY-SA 3.0 |