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Situating 2 Timothy In Early Christian History, Mona Joy Lafosse
Situating 2 Timothy In Early Christian History, Mona Joy Lafosse
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
The New Testament letter of 2 Timothy has generally been studied in the context of two other letters, 1 Timothy and Titus. These three letters, known as the Pastoral Epistles, each purports to be written by Paul. Though some scholars defend this notion, the majority of critical scholars argue they were not written by Paul, but by someone in the early second century. For these scholars, a later date better explains several aspects of these letters that make Pauline authorship difficult to explain. One crucial aspect is that the language, particularly the vocabulary and style of the Pastoral Epistles, is …
Is Tolerance Enough? One Christian's Perspective, Mario Daniel Sassi
Is Tolerance Enough? One Christian's Perspective, Mario Daniel Sassi
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Tolerance is an ever-evolving discussion growing in complexity and importance. This paper will approach the topic from a personal perspective and a Christian bias. We begin with tolerance as seen in retrospect through the eyes of a boy growing up in a town where people of many different cultures lived and worked together. Many things came out of that experience including rudimentary working definition of tolerance and how it affected life in that small town. Tolerance is made up of certain characteristics and these either add or detract from the quality of life, it can make life more bearable in …