Titus (companion of Paul)
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Christian leader
New Testament person
associate of Paul the Apostle
biblical person
early Christian missionary
Titus was an early Christian missionary and trusted co-worker of the Apostle Paul, known for his leadership in the churches of Corinth and Crete and as the recipient of the New Testament Epistle to Titus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Titus (companion of Paul) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T899472 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Titus (companion of Paul) Context triple: [Titus, addressedTo, Titus (companion of Paul)]
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A.
Cornelius the centurion
Cornelius the centurion is a Roman army officer in the New Testament whose conversion in Acts marks a pivotal moment in the early Christian mission to Gentiles.
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B.
Saint Timothy
Saint Timothy was an early Christian disciple and companion of the Apostle Paul, traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Ephesus and a recipient of two New Testament epistles.
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C.
Titus
Titus was a 1st-century Roman general and later emperor best known for his military campaigns in Judea and his role in the events leading to the fall of Jerusalem.
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D.
Titus
Titus is a New Testament pastoral epistle traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul, offering guidance on church leadership, sound doctrine, and Christian living.
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E.
Theophilus
Theophilus is the otherwise unknown individual addressed in the prefaces of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, likely a patron or symbolic “lover of God” to whom these New Testament works are dedicated.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Titus (companion of Paul) Target entity description: Titus was an early Christian missionary and trusted co-worker of the Apostle Paul, known for his leadership in the churches of Corinth and Crete and as the recipient of the New Testament Epistle to Titus.
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A.
Cornelius the centurion
Cornelius the centurion is a Roman army officer in the New Testament whose conversion in Acts marks a pivotal moment in the early Christian mission to Gentiles.
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B.
Saint Timothy
Saint Timothy was an early Christian disciple and companion of the Apostle Paul, traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Ephesus and a recipient of two New Testament epistles.
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C.
Titus
Titus was a 1st-century Roman general and later emperor best known for his military campaigns in Judea and his role in the events leading to the fall of Jerusalem.
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D.
Titus
Titus is a New Testament pastoral epistle traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul, offering guidance on church leadership, sound doctrine, and Christian living.
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E.
Theophilus
Theophilus is the otherwise unknown individual addressed in the prefaces of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, likely a patron or symbolic “lover of God” to whom these New Testament works are dedicated.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian leader
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ associate of Paul the Apostle ⓘ biblical person ⓘ early Christian missionary ⓘ |
| appointedTo |
appoint elders in every town in Crete
ⓘ
set in order what remained in Crete ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
church in Corinth ⓘ churches in Crete ⓘ early Christian Gentile believers ⓘ |
| correspondentOf |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
|
| coWorkerOf |
Silvanus
ⓘ
Timothy ⓘ other early Christian missionaries ⓘ |
| describedAs |
“my partner and fellow worker” by Paul
ⓘ
“my true child in a common faith” by Paul ⓘ |
| entrustedWith | collection for the poor believers in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalTextAddressedTo | Epistle to Titus ⓘ |
| hasRole |
Paul’s emissary to Corinth
ⓘ
church organizer in Crete ⓘ delegate of the Apostle Paul ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Council of Jerusalem
ⓘ
surface form:
Jerusalem meeting about Gentile circumcision (Galatians 2)
|
| knownFor |
being a close co-worker of the Apostle Paul
ⓘ
leadership in the church at Corinth ⓘ leadership in the church in Crete ⓘ receiving the New Testament Epistle to Titus ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Epistle to Titus
ⓘ
Epistle to the Galatians ⓘ Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ |
| notCircumcised | true ⓘ |
| praisedFor |
comforting the Apostle Paul
ⓘ
earnest care for the Corinthians ⓘ reliability ⓘ zeal ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Achaia
ⓘ
Crete ⓘ Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonia
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| taskedWith |
modeling good works
ⓘ
rebuking false teachers in Crete ⓘ teaching sound doctrine in Crete ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Titus (companion of Paul) Description of subject: Titus was an early Christian missionary and trusted co-worker of the Apostle Paul, known for his leadership in the churches of Corinth and Crete and as the recipient of the New Testament Epistle to Titus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.