I joined John DeRosa on Classical Theism to discuss the reliability and authorship of the Pastoral Epistles—1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus—and why the traditional view that St. Paul wrote them remains historically strong.

In this conversation we walk through:

• How I got into New Testament textual criticism and early patristic sources

• What the “Pastorals” are and why scholars group them together

• Modern scholarly views on the Pauline corpus

• The earliest evidence for Pauline authorship (and why it matters)

• Major objections: vocabulary, church structure, and “developed theology”

• Additional lines of evidence often ignored in popular treatments

Permission granted to share this interview on my channel. Here is the interview on John's Channel: https://www.classicaltheism.com/facts/

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