Editing Saint Titus (section)

==Life==
Titus was a Greek, who may have studied Greek philosophy and poetry in his early years.<ref name=cna>{{cite web |url = http://www.catholicnewsagency.com:80/saint.php?n=128 |title = "Timothy and Titus", Catholic News Agency, January 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428173145/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com:80/saint.php?n=128 |archive-date=28 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He seems to have been converted by Paul, whereupon he served as Paul's [[secretary]] and [[interpreter]]. In the year 48 or 49 CE, Titus accompanied Paul to the council held at Jerusalem, on the subject of the [[Moses|Mosaic]] rites.<ref name=butler>{{cite web| url = http://www.bartleby.com/210/1/041.html| title = Butler, Alban. ''The Lives of the Saints'', Vol. I, (1866)| date = 12 January 2023}}</ref>

In the fall of 55 or 56 CE, Paul, as he himself departed from [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]], sent Titus from [[Ephesus]] to [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]], with full commission to remedy the fallout precipitated by Timothy's delivery of 1 Corinthians<ref>{{Bibleverse|1 Corinthians|16:10–11|NIV}}</ref> and Paul's "Painful Visit",<ref>{{Bibleverse|2 Corinthians|2:1|NIV}}</ref> particularly a significant personal offense and challenge to Paul's authority by one unnamed individual.<ref>{{Bibleverse|2 Corinthians|2:5–11|NIV}}</ref> During this journey, Titus served as the [[courier]] for what is commonly known as the "Severe Letter", a Pauline missive that has been [[Lost literary work|lost]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Titus |url=https://urhotheway.com/2020/08/25/st-titus/ |access-date=January 26, 2025 |website=Urho, The Way}}</ref> but is referred to in {{Bibleverse|2 Corinthians|7:8-9|NIV}}.

After success on this mission, Titus journeyed north and met Paul in [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]]. There the apostle, overjoyed by Titus' success,<ref>{{Bibleverse|2 Corinthians|7:6–15|NIV}}</ref> wrote 2 Corinthians. Titus then returned to Corinth with a larger entourage, carrying 2 Corinthians with him. Paul joined Titus in Corinth later. From Corinth, Paul then sent Titus to organize the collections of [[alms]] for the Christians at Jerusalem. Titus was therefore a [[Troubleshooting|troubleshooter]], [[Peace makers| peacemaker]], [[ecclesiastical administrator]], and [[missionary]].

Early church tradition holds that Paul, after his release from his first imprisonment in Rome, stopped at the island of Crete to preach. Due to the needs of other churches, requiring his presence elsewhere, he ordained his disciple Titus as bishop of that island,<ref>{{Bibleverse|Titus|1:5|NIV}}</ref> and left him to finish the work he had started. [[John Chrysostom]] says that this is an indication of the esteem Paul held for Titus.<ref name=butler/>

Paul summoned Titus from Crete to join him at [[Nicopolis]] in [[Epirus]].<ref>{{Bibleverse|Titus|3:12|NIV}}</ref> Later, Titus traveled to [[Early centers of Christianity#Salona|Dalmatia]].<ref name=losservatore>{{cite web| url = http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/b16ChrstChrch26.HTM| title = Pope Benedict XVI. "Timothy and Titus", ''L'Osservatore Romano'', p. 11, December 27, 2006}}</ref> The [[New Testament]] does not record his death.