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In the Christianity|Christian New Testament,
Titus, (a common Roman name, meaning honourable)
was a companion of Paul of Tarsus, mentioned in
several of Epistle|Paul's Epistles. Titus was with
Paul and Barnabas at Antioch and accompanied them
to the Council of Jerusalem (Epistle to the
Galatians|Galatians 2:1-3; Acts 15:2), although
his name nowhere occurs in the Acts of the
Apostles. 

He appears to have been a Gentile— for Paul
sternly refused to have him circumcised, because
of Paul's belief that the gospel freed one from
the requirements of the Mosaic Law— and to
have been chiefly engaged in ministering to
Gentiles. 

At a later period, Paul's Epistles place him with
Paul and Timothy at Ephesus, whence he was sent by
Paul to Corinth, Greece|Corinth for the purpose of
getting the contributions of the church there in
behalf of the poor  Christians at Jerusalem sent
forward (2 Corinthians 8:6; 12:18). 

He rejoined the apostle when he was in Macedonia,
and cheered him with the tidings he brought from
Corinth (7:6-15). After this his name is not
mentioned till after Paul's first imprisonment,
when we find him engaged in the organization of
the church in Crete, where the apostle had left
him for this purpose (Paul's Epistle to
Titus|Titus 1:5). 

The last notice of him is in 2 Timothy 4:10, where
we find him with Paul at Rome during his second
imprisonment. From Rome he was sent into Dalmatia,
no doubt on some important missionary errand. The
New Testament does not record his death.  

According to church tradition, Paul ordained Titus
Bishop of Gortyn in Crete.  He died in AD 107 at
about 95 years of age.

He is not considered to be the Titus of the
Epistle to Titus that was traditionally attributed
to Paul.

==External links==
* Eaton's Bible Dictionary 1897: Titus
* Catholic Encyclopedia: Titus

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