Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians is a primary scriptural text, widely dated by scholars to around 50 CE and generally regarded as among the earliest surviving Christian documents; the atlas records no publisher and no modern publication year because it is a canonical scripture read across many editions rather than a single dated work. Its strength is that it contains the clearest first person imminent return language anywhere in the Pauline corpus, in the apostle's own words. Its limit is the ordinary one for any scripture cited without specifying a translation: this record does not establish which particular translation underlies a given quotation from it.
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Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a primary canonical scripture read across many editions rather than one dated publication, authoritative as scripture though this record does not specify which translation underlies a given quotation. NotesWidely dated to c. 50 CE, among the earliest surviving Christian documents; contains the clearest first-person imminent-return language in the Pauline corpus.
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AuthorPaul the Apostle
Source Typeprimary-scripture
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This source names Paul the Apostle directly: "return language anywhere in the Pauline corpus, in the apostle's own words."
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
- Prophecies, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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