Titus
The Epistle to Titus is one of the three pastoral epistles (along with 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) in the New Testament, historically attributed to Paul the Apostle. It is addressed to Saint Titus and describes the requirements and duties of presbyters/bishops. There has been some debate regarding the authenticity of the letter. Titus, along with the two other pastoral epistles (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy), is regarded by some scholars as being falsely attributed to Paul and believe that they were written by an anonymous forger after his death. Other scholars who do believe that Paul wrote Titus date its composition from the circumstance that it was written after Paul's visit to Crete. This visit could not be the one referred to in the Acts of the Apostles 27:7, when Paul was on his voyage to Rome as a prisoner, and where he continued a prisoner for two years. Thus, traditional interpretation supposes that after his release Paul sailed from Rome into Asia, passing Crete by the way, and that there he left Titus "to set in order the things that were wanting". Therefore he would have gone to Ephesus, where he left Timothy, and from Ephesus to Macedonia, where he wrote the First Epistle to Timothy, and then, according to the subscription of this epistle, to "Nicopolis of Macedonia", from which place he wrote to Titus, about 66 or 67.