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THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS

The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians Thessalonica was the capital of Macedonia, in which St. Paul, having preached the Gospel, converted some Jews and a great number of the Gentiles: but the unbelieving Jews, envying his success, raised such a commotion against him that he, and his companion, Sylvanus were obliged to quit the city. Afterwards he went to Athens, where he heard that ..

THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS

THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS In this Epistle St. Paul admonishes the Thessalonians to be constant in the faith of Christ and not to be terrified by the insinuations of false teachers telling them that the day of judgment was near at hand, as there must come many signs and wonders before it. He bids them to hold firm the traditions received from him, whether by word, or by ..

THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO TITUS

THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO TITUS                                                                                    St. Paul, having preached the faith in the island of Crete, he ordained his beloved disciple and companion, Titus, bishop, and left him there to finish the work which he had begun. Afterwards the Apostle, on a journey to Nicopolis, a city of Macedonia, wrote this Epistle to Titus, ..