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This is inaccurate. Paul simply lists his traveling evangelical partners.Note that 2 Thes claims to be from 3 different people, so even taking it at face value it's hard to know how much it presents Paul's thought.
Maybe some of the more liberal mainline do for various reasons not related to actual scholarship.As to churches, I believe mainline Protestant and Catholic scholarship generally agree that there are well-founded doubts.
Catholic theologians call such a hypothesis and still hold to the tradition of the 13 epistles.
Maybe in your church.I'm not aware of any official statements on which books were written by the stated or implied authors, but I'd say the leaders, seminaries, Sunday School material, etc., generally reflect these views
Why churches promote this hypothesis is truly amazing. That’s what it is, a hypothesis which ignores centuries of scholarly works.
All 13 epistles Paul identifies himself.
In the language as “accepted” and “common.” It is not. It’s just repackaged 19th century refuted liberal skeptic theology. Theories unproven.Is this truly the first time you've heard of this?
So I’ll ask again. Which early church theologians questioned any of the epistles of Paul? Hebrews is the only one that I know of.
You have brought up these theories as facts before. Maybe start a thread where you can point out the evidence instead of just passing it off as fact or “everyone” knows this.
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