The book The Dates of the Pastoral Epistles: Two Essays was written by author W E William Edward Bowen Here you can read free online of The Dates of the Pastoral Epistles: Two Essays book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Dates of the Pastoral Epistles: Two Essays a good or bad book?
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16 ; but in the passages just alluded to from the Ephesian letter we surely come close enough to parallels to be satisfied that the argument from silence— somewhat dangerous in any THE PASTORAL EPISTLES. 49 case — has no place at all here. Again, it is no doubt true that " the widows " are u spoken of in such a way as to show that the institution had been working for some time." 1 But the Ephesian Church had surely had in 57 a long enough lease of life to account for the circum- stance, especia...lly as one element in that life — one great influence making for rapidity of development and growth — had been the long personal sojourn of the Apostle. It remains to examine an objection which is at first sight not less formidable than the objection with which we have just been deal- ing, an objection founded, not upon the state of the flowers, but the luxuriance of the weeds. u The heresies of the Pastoral letters are the heresies of the Colossians and Ephesians grown rank and- corrupt." 2 Here, again, is an end of the discussion, if the allegation cannot be rebutted.
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