THESSALONIANS

First and Second Episties to the. According to the traditional view, these epistles were written by St. Paul from Corinth, after his is visit to The alonica on his first Ini ionary journey, between A.D. 52 and 53. Both the internal and external evidence for the Pauline authorship is very strong, although some scholars have rejected the genuinene of the second epistle, chiefly owing to the pa age which relates to the delayed second advent being, as is supposed, out of harmony with the general eschatology of the Pauline epistles. The first epistle expre es the gratitude of the a postie and his companions Silas and Timothy for the continued succe of the gospel among the The alonians, and gives directions for the furtherancs of spiritual life, for the regulation of the Church, and instructs them regarding the return of Christ. ‘The distinctive feature of the second epistle is the warning against the view that the ‘day of the Lord’ is to be immediate, and the a ertion that a certain serics of events—a restraint upon lawle ne , its removal, apostasy, and the appearance of the ‘man of sin’—must first work itself out. Readers are exhorted to prepare for this day by diligently performing their duties, and comforted with a orig ieee of the watchful care of od. 40’ N., 22° 20’ E.), lying between Atgean Sea and Epirus; surface generally level plain bordered by mountains, which include Olympus and Pindus; horse breeding; various mineral ores produced. The aly was subdued by Philip of Macedon, 344 B.C., and remained under Macedon till 197 B.C., when it pa ed into the hands of Rome; captured by Turks, 1355, who had to yield most of it to Greece, 1881. Pop. 425,000. See GREECE (History and Greece and the World War). Fr. novelist and poet; entered public service, 1857; produced poems of considerable charm, such as Le Chemin des Bows, 1867, and plays such as La Maison des deux Barbeauzx, 1879; novels include Scipion, 1890; La Chanotne e, 1893; Fr. Orientalist; 6. Paris; traveled widely in Egypt, Palestine, Persia and India. His Voyages, though superficial in observation, contain much interesting information. Moselle, France (48° 57’ N., 5° 52’ situated at base of St. Mihiel wedge, was strongly held by Germans greater part of war; was an important point on Ger. lines of communication by which supplies for troops on_ Woévre were brought from connected with St. Mihiel by railway through Vigneulles; frequently shelled and bombed by the was finally captured by Franco-Amer. force which took the St. Mihiel Oct. 1918. Pop. 1,250. (49° 12’ N., 5° 22’ H.); one of of Verdun; scene of fierce fighting World War; captured by the Germans, June 23, 1916, and recaptured by on the last day of the month.