Assertion: pastoral epistle | /r/CapableOf | postulate gradual development
Facets:
value: in new testament ideas
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: They postulate a gradual development in New Testament ideas covering the first century and a half after Christ, and treat the existing letters as "catholic adaptations" of fragmentary pieces from the apostle's hand, produced by a school of "Paulinists" who carried their master's principles far beyond his own intentions.