Paul’s authorship of 1 Thessalonians was widely accepted in the early church. Church fathers such as Irenaeus (c. AD 130–200), Clement of Alexandria (c. AD 150–215), and Tertullian (c. AD 160–225) all acknowledged Pauline authorship of 1 Thessalonians. Until the mid-nineteenth century, Pauline authorship was almost unanimously agreed upon. Thessalonica was an important port city in Macedonia and was situated along the Via Egnatia, which served
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