Epistle of Pseudo-Titus
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The Epistle of Pseudo-Titus is a letter attributed to
Sources
The epistle contains about a hundred citations from the Old Testament, New Testament, and other apocryphal writings; Pseudo-Titus most frequently cites the Psalms, Ezekiel, the Gospels, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, and
Content
The epistle's author writes to a Christian monastic community of men and women who have fallen into sin by having sexual relations with one another. The first portion of the epistle addresses the Christian woman as "virgin" while most of the remainder is addressed to the Christian man. Pseudo-Titus reminds his audience of their fear of eternal punishment, as mentioned in the Book of Revelation as a means to deter the ascetic away from sensual temptation and sexual immortality. Pseudo-Titus gives ample citations and exegeses in support of strict celibacy, usually citing Paul first in a series of citations. The epistle reveals to its reader that the women serve the ascetic men in the monastic community. Pseudo-Titus suggests that since the men cannot behave righteously in the presence of their ascetic female members, that they ought to seclude themselves into a monastic community of their own. In support of this argument, Pseudo-Titus gives the illustration of the story of
References
- ^ Bart D. Ehrman, Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003), xiv, 9.
- ^ E. Hennecke, New Testament Apocrypha, ed. W. Schneemelcher, Eng. trans. ed. R. McL. Wilson, 2 vols. (London, 1963 and 1965).
- ^ J. K. Elliott, The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation Based on M.R. James (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2009).
- ^ E. Hennecke, New Testament Apocrypha, ed. W. Schneemelcher, Eng. trans. ed. R. McL. Wilson, 2 vols. (London, 1963 and 1965).
- ^ Cornelia B. Horn, "The Pseudo-Clementine Homilies and the Challenges of the Conversion of Families," Lectio Difficilior (2/2007), accessed November 15, 2011.
- ^ E. Hennecke, New Testament Apocrypha, ed. W. Schneemelcher, Eng. trans. ed. R. McL. Wilson, 2 vols. (London, 1963 and 1965).
- ^ J. K. Elliott, The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation Based on M.R. James (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2009).
- ^ E. Hennecke, New Testament Apocrypha, ed. W. Schneemelcher, Eng. trans. ed. R. McL. Wilson, 2 vols. (London, 1963 and 1965), 141-166.
- ^ E. Hennecke, New Testament Apocrypha, ed. W. Schneemelcher, Eng. trans. ed. R. McL. Wilson, 2 vols. (London, 1963 and 1965).
- ^ Andrea Lorenzo Molinari, I Never Knew the Man: The Coptic Act of Peter (Papyrus Berolinensis 8502.4) Its Independence from the Apocryphal Acts of Peter, Genre, and Legendary Origins (Saint-Nicolas, Quebec, Canada: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2000), 86.
- ^ Cornelia B. Horn, "The Pseudo-Clementine Homilies and the Challenges of the Conversion of Families," Lectio Difficilior (2/2007), accessed November 15, 2011 http://www.lectio.unibe.ch/07_2/pdf/horn_cornelia.pdf.
- ^ E. Hennecke, New Testament Apocrypha, ed. W. Schneemelcher, Eng. trans. ed. R. McL. Wilson, 2 vols. (London, 1963 and 1965), 141-166.
- Johann Georg von Eckhart: Commentarii De Rebus Franciae Orientalis et Episcopatus Wirceburgensis Tomus 1, Würzburg 1729. p. 845, see section XXXVIII. (Latin)
- Germain Morin, L'homéliaire de Burchard de Würzburg. Contribution à la critique de saint Césaire d'Arles. In: Revue bénédictine 13. 1896. p. 97-111. (French)
- Donatien de Bruyne: Nouveaux fragments des Actes de Pierre, de Paul, de Jean, d`Andre, et de l`Apocalypse d`Elie. In: Revue bénédictine 25. 1908. p. 149-160 (French)
- Donatien de Bruyne: Epistula Titi, discipuli Pauli, de dispositione sanctimonii. In: Revue bénédictine; 37. 1925. p. 47-72. P. 47-63 contain the full Latin text of the source. (Latin and French)
- Adolf Harnack: Der apokryphe Brief des Paulusschülers Titus »de dispositione sanctimonii«. In: Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 17, 1925 p. 180-214. (German)
- Aurelio de Santos Otero: Der apokryphe Titusbrief. In: Zeitschrift für Kirchgengeschichte Vol. 74, 1963, p. 1-14. (German)
- E. Hennecke, New Testament Apocrypha, ed. W. Schneemelcher, Eng. trans. ed. R. McL. Wilson, 2 vols. (London, 1963 and 1965), 141-166.
- J. K. Elliott, The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation Based on M.R. James (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2009) 532-533.
- Bart D. Ehrman, Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003), xiv, 9.
- Cornelia B. Horn, "The Pseudo-Clementine Homilies and the Challenges of the Conversion of Families," Lectio Difficilior (2/2007), accessed November 15, 2011 http://www.lectio.unibe.ch/07_2/pdf/horn_cornelia.pdf.
- Amy-Jill Levine and Maria Mayo Robbins, A Feminist Companion to the New Testament Apocrypha, (New York: T&T Clark International, 2006), 144.
- Andrea Lorenzo Molinari, I Never Knew the Man: The Coptic Act of Peter (Papyrus Berolinensis 8502.4) Its Independence from the Apocryphal Acts of Peter, Genre, and Legendary Origins (Saint-Nicolas, Quebec, Canada: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2000), 86.
External links
- Codex Burchardi (M.p.th.f.28). Full scan of the manuscript of Würzburg University Library with the headline of Pseudo-Titus.