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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
Saying a letter may have been written by followers of Paul in his name is not the same thing as saying the letters shouldn't be in the scriptures. Are you suggesting both?
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It would seem to me that something presented as being something that it is not is not capable of being considered the truth of God because it is fundamentally false.
I suppose others might have different opinions but if I'm forced to accept not just unknown but pseudographic origin? If it says "I, Paul" and it's definitely NOT Paul? I'd decline that, yes.
A conclusion of pseudographia is not an analysis that I'm prepared to accept as capable of resulting in something worthy of acceptance as God's Word. I've reviewed other pseudographic material, of course, and that's part of the reason I'm very suspicious of Titus.
Happily, however, most of what Titus contains is to be found elsewhere anyways...
