Blainey writes that the oldest surviving record written by an early Christian is a short letter by St Paul: the First Epistle to the Thessalonians, which appeared about 25 years after the death of Jesus.
布莱尼（Blainey）写道，留存下来的早期基督教所写的、最古老的记录是圣保罗的一封短信：给帖撒羅尼迦的第一信，它出现在耶稣去世后约25年。