The introductory matters in this case will involve more a breaking down of the situation in Thessalonica, as we know it from Acts of the Apostles, and that of Paul and his companions. The basic ...

We learn a lot from this Corinthian debacle. In small, relatively homogeneous communities like Philippi, Thessalonica, and Colossae, Paul’s ethic didn’t have to deal with the tensions created by deep ...

Paul wrote this letter in 51 AD from Corinth. He and Silas had begun preaching the gospel in Macedonian Thessalonica, but were persecuted by the Jewish leaders. The uproar over their teachings was ...

The church of Thessalonica was the last congregation of the New Testament era to which the apostle Paul wrote two of his epistles. What were these epistles about and how did they influence the ...

We give as an illustration of this prophecy the harbor of Thessalonica, one of the cities in which St. Paul founded the Christian church. This was an ancient city of Macedonia. It was first called ...

Jason bravely welcomed the Christian leaders Paul and Silas while they were preaching in Thessalonica, hoping to support their works by making them feel comfortable and appreciated. It was during ...

Now within this circuit of the Aegean basin Paul basically has two or three major cities that serve as his mission bases. We know of the two cities up in \Macedonia, Phillipi and Thessalonica ...

Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica, was born in the year 1296 in Constantinople. St Gregory’s father became a prominent dignitary at the court of Andronicus II Paleologos (1282-1328), ...

The third online Bible Junkies Commentary, which begins with this post, will be a study of Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians. Of the extant letters of Paul, those to which we have access ...