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    11 months ago

    Timótheos was the first bishop of Ephesus, which is now Selçuk, Turkey.

    The Bible passage is allegedly a letter from St Paul to St Timótheos, although most scholars think it was written after Paul’s death.

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        11 months ago

        The Bible was famously translated to English during the Reformation.

        Previously (mix of Aramaic and Greek here, you can pick one for either, plus I haven’t included their epithets. Like how nowadays we’re known as Firstname Lastname, at the time you’d have a family name and if you were famous, an epithet like Timos of Athens)

        • Simon Peter: Shimoun Bar Younah
        • Andrew: Andreás
        • James Greater: Iacobus
        • John: Iohannes
        • Phillip: Philippos
        • Bartholomew: Bartholomaios
        • Thomas: Toma
        • Matthew: Matisyahu
        • James Lesser: Yaqub
        • Judas Thaddeus: Yahwada
        • Simon: Sumeon or Simo
        • Judas Iscariot: Yehuda
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            I grew up in the UK and our education system (or at least the one I had) has Religious Education as part of it’s curriculum and under history we study the Reformation, Henry VIII, Martin Luther etc

            Also as a teen I read some of Karen Armstrong’s books. The rest is just… lived experience and google.