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About this place

A prosperous Roman colony on the isthmus between mainland Greece and the Peloponnese, capital of the province of Achaia. Paul founded a church here around 50–51, dated by the inscription naming Gallio as proconsul, and wrote 1 Thessalonians and later Romans from the city. 1 and 2 Corinthians, and 1 Clement, were sent to its church.

Where to start

Papyrus 46: 1 Corinthians 2:11–3:5, University of Michigan Library
The New TestamentPaul’s First Letter to the Corinthiansc. AD 53–55 · Paul
The New TestamentPaul’s Letter to the Romansc. AD 55–58 · Paul
The Early ChurchThe First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthiansc. AD 96 (traditional date) · Clement of Rome (attributed)

Written or found here

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  1. AD 57c. AD 55–58

    Paul’s Letter to the Romans

    Paul

    Paul’s longest letter, written c. AD 55–58 to a church he had not yet visited. Its opening preserves what may be an older confession: Jesus born of David’s line “according to the flesh” and declared Son of God by the resurrection.

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  2. AD 50c. AD 50–51

    Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians

    Paul

    Probably the oldest surviving Christian writing, c. AD 50–51, sent by Paul to the young church at Thessalonica about twenty years after the crucifixion. He takes it as known that Jesus died and rose again, and looks for his return.

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Every mention

28 writings
  1. 500 BCExodus: the first PassoverThe Prophets1×
  2. AD 50Paul’s First Letter to the ThessaloniansThe New Testament1×
  3. AD 52The Gallio inscription (Delphi)Stones and Scrolls7×
  4. AD 54Paul’s First Letter to the CorinthiansThe New Testament5×
  5. AD 55Paul’s Second Letter to the CorinthiansThe New Testament5×
  6. AD 57Paul’s Letter to the RomansThe New Testament2×
  7. AD 80The Letter to the HebrewsThe New Testament1×
  8. AD 80The Letter of JamesThe New Testament1×
  9. AD 85The Acts of the ApostlesThe New Testament3×
  10. AD 96The First Epistle of Clement to the CorinthiansThe Early Church8×
  11. AD 100The Second Letter to TimothyThe New Testament1×
  12. AD 100The Letter to TitusThe New Testament2×
  13. AD 180Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book IThe Early Church1×
  14. AD 180Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book IIIThe Early Church3×
  15. AD 200The Alexamenos graffito (Palatine, Rome)Stones and Scrolls1×
  16. AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book IThe Early Church1×
  17. AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book IIIThe Early Church1×
  18. AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book IVThe Early Church4×
  19. AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book VThe Early Church3×
  20. AD 367Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal Letter 39The Early Church2×
  21. 2026Registry of Gospels and Their Canonical StatusThe Other Gospels1×
  22. 2026Guide to the research and the world before JesusThe Dossier1×
  23. 2026Jesus’s life: a chronological catalogue of the canonical narrativesThe Dossier2×
  24. 2026The prophecies associated with Jesus: a critical catalogueThe Dossier9×
  25. 2026The documentary record of Jesus and the movements that interpreted himThe Dossier10×
  26. 2026From medieval devotion to the presentThe Dossier1×
  27. 2026What the evidence can and cannot establishThe Dossier2×
  28. 2026Sources and further readingThe Dossier3×