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Thessalonians (thĕs'sa-lô'ni-anz), Epistles to the. These epistles are ascribed to Paul by Irenæus, Clement of Alexandria, and Tertullian. The First Epistle was probably the first of all the Pauline letters, and written, not at Athens, but at Corinth, about a.d. 52. The design of the epistle was to establish the followers of Christ in those graces for which they were conspicuous, and to encourage them under severe persecutions. Acts 17:1-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6. The Second Epistle, also written at Corinth, near the close of a.d. 53 or early in 54, was designed to correct some misapprehensions respecting the First Epistle. Some misunderstood the apostle's words, and taught that the day of the Lord was very near at hand. 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4. Paul corrects this misapprehension and assures them that the "man of sin," or "son of perdition," must reach the highest pitch of arrogance before final ruin from the Lord be hurled upon the "mystery of iniquity," which was already working. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12.