Epistle to Titus

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New Testament epistle biblical book pastoral epistle

The Epistle to Titus is a New Testament pastoral letter offering guidance on church leadership, sound doctrine, and Christian living, traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul and addressed to his coworker Titus.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pastoral Epistles	3

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament epistle ⓘ biblical book ⓘ pastoral epistle ⓘ
addressedTo	Titus ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition	1st century CE ⓘ
attributedTo	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
belongsToCorpus	Epistle to Titus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pastoral Epistles Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Pauline epistles
canonicalOrder	after Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ before Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical ⓘ
chapters	3 ⓘ
containsHouseholdCodeFor	older men ⓘ older women ⓘ slaves ⓘ younger men ⓘ younger women ⓘ
disputedAuthorship	yes ⓘ
genre	letter ⓘ
groupedWith	First Epistle to Timothy ⓘ Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ
includedInCanonOf	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox churches Protestant churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
influenced	Christian pastoral theology ⓘ Christian teachings on church offices ⓘ
instructionTo	appoint elders in every town ⓘ encourage good works ⓘ rebuke false teachers ⓘ teach sound doctrine ⓘ
keyVerse	Titus 2:11–14 ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
liturgicalUseIn	lectionaries of various Christian traditions ⓘ
mentionsLocation	Crete ⓘ
partOf	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Bible New Testament ⓘ
primaryTheme	Christian ethics ⓘ church leadership ⓘ church order ⓘ false teachers ⓘ good works ⓘ grace of God ⓘ salvation ⓘ self-control ⓘ sound doctrine ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
scholarlyView	often considered Deutero-Pauline by critical scholars ⓘ
setting	Christian communities in Crete ⓘ
testament	New Testament ⓘ
traditionalAuthor	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Titus → associatedWith → Epistle to Titus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pastoral Epistles

Epistle to Titus → belongsToCorpus → Epistle to Titus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pastoral Epistles

Homilies on the Epistles of Paul → commentaryOn → Epistle to Titus ⓘ

New Testament → contains → Epistle to Titus ⓘ

Apostle Paul → disputedAuthorshipOf → Epistle to Titus ⓘ

Second Epistle to Timothy → partOf → Epistle to Titus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pastoral Epistles

Second Epistle to Timothy → precedes → Epistle to Titus ⓘ

Apostle Paul → wrote → Epistle to Titus ⓘ