Titus

St. Paul, having preached the faith in the island of Crete, he ordained his beloved disciple and companion, Titus, bishop, and left him there to finish the work which he had begun. Afterwards the Apostle, on a journey to Nicopolis, a city of Macedonia, wrote this Epistle to Titus, in which he directs him to ordain bishops and priests for the different cities, showing him the principal qualities necessary for a bishop. He also gives him particular advice for his own conduct to his flock, exhorting him to hold to strictness of discipline, but seasoned with lenity. It was written about thirty-three years after our Lord’s Ascension. (For more information, see the article EPISTLES TO TIMOTHY AND TITUS in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)

Book

Titus

Translation

Douay-Rheims Bible

Old Testament

First published at Douay in 1609

New Testament

First published at Rheims in 1582

Revision and Notes

Bishop Richard Challoner, 1749

Historical Imprimatur

James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, 1 September 1899