RELIGST 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Pastoral Epistles, Lystra, First Epistle To Timothy

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2HH3
• Professor: Stephen Westerholm

Document Summary

Nov 8 lecture (cid:862)pastore(cid:863) = shepherd i(cid:374) lati(cid:374) There are pastoral epistles 1 and 2 timothy and titus talk about shepherding which christ does for his sheep which are us. They talk about leadership. (cid:862)fishermen(cid:863) = the i(cid:373)age used for prea(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g to people (cid:449)ho are not christia(cid:374)s. Jerusalem council and he was an uncircumcised greek believer and so paul uses him as an example to show you do not need to be circumcised as a gentile. Timothy was from lystra and he was circumcised by paul, he has a jewish mom but a non-jew father. Paul sent timothy back to thessalonica to see how they are doing. So timothy + titus are coworkers of paul: major concern in these letters is sound doctrine and good teaching since there is false teaching out there, paul is telling timothy and titus to seek local leadership. Titus is in crete and paul wants him to seek local leaders.