• Brainsploosh@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    So why are there directives on how to run a church in the official doctrine of this religion? If they’re only meant to be relevant to Timothy, shouldn’t they have been cut with the rest of the apocrypha?

    • Rothe@piefed.social
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      Indeed, it is not apocryphal, but canon. It is part of scripture and god’s word, regardless of who said it in the text.