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THESSALONIANS, LETTERS TO Thessalonica was a city in Macedonia in the north of Greece. Paul planted a church there during his second missionary journey, and soon after he wrote the church two letters that have been preserved in the New Testament. Background to 1 Thessalonians Pauls work in Thessalonica had been very fruitful, particularly among … Continue reading “THESSALONIANS, LETTERS TO”

Thessalonians, First Epistle To The is the eighth in order of the Pauline epistles as found in the New Test., but the first in point of chronological date, and immediately followed by the second bearing a corresponding title. I. Authorship and Canonicity. The external evidence in favor of the genuineness of the First Epistle to … Continue reading “Thessalonians, First Epistle To The”

Thessalonians Epistles To The 1. The Thessalonian Church (1) The narrative of Acts 17.-Thessalonica, a free Greek city with the right to summon its own assembly, was a flourishing seaport and the capital of one of the four divisions of Macedonia. Thither, in the course of his second missionary journey, came Paul, together with Silas … Continue reading “Thessalonians, Epistles to the”

THESSALONIANS, EPISTLE TO THE 1 AND 2 These were the earliest of Paul’s epistles, and were written from Corinth, in A. D. 52 and 53. In the first epistle, Paul rejoices over Timothy’s good report of the faith of Christians at Thessalonica; and confirms them against the persecutions and temptations they would meet, by discussing … Continue reading “THESSALONIANS, EPISTLE TO THE 1 AND 2”

Thessalonians [Thessalo’nians] See THESSALONICA. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary Thessalonians See Thessalonica Thessalonica Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible Thessalonians Thessalonians (ths’sa-l’ni-anz), Epistles to the. These epistles are ascribed to Paul by Irenus, Clement of Alexandria, and Tertullian. The First Epistle was probably the first of all the Pauline letters, and written, not at Athens, but at Corinth, … Continue reading “Thessalonians”

Thessalonian (), the designation (Act 26:4; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 2:1; of Thessalonica, Act 27:2) of an inhabitant of Thessalonica (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Thessalonia This city was in ancient times the metropolis of Macedonia. Here Paul preached the gospel, being called to it by a vision. (See Act 16:9-10) And having first preached at Philippi, he afterwards visited Thessalonica, (Act 17:1, etc.) It was to the church of the Thessalonians he sent those two blessed Epistles, which through … Continue reading “Thessalonia”

Thesis (Gr. thesis) In Aristotle’s logic (1) an undemonstrated proposition used as a premiss in a syllogism, sometimes distinguished from axiom in that it need not be self-evident or intrinsically necessary; (2) any proposition contrary to general opinion but capable of being supported by reasoning. See Antithesis, Dialectic, Synthesis. — G.R.M. Fuente: The Dictionary of … Continue reading “Thesis”

These * For THESE see THIS Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Thesaurarius the treasurer of a cathedral or collegiate church; the bursar (treasurer) of a college or monastery; the keeper of a shrine house or treasury. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature