Paul wrote this letter in 51 AD from Corinth. He and Silas had begun preaching the gospel in Macedonian Thessalonica, but were persecuted by the Jewish leaders. The uproar over their teachings was ...

The Apostle Paul would help found the Christian church in Thessalonica sometime before ... was brought before the Roman Emperor Maximian for preaching Christianity. He would be speared in 306 ...

We give as an illustration of this prophecy the harbor of Thessalonica, one of the cities in which St. Paul founded the Christian church. This was an ancient city of Macedonia. It was first called ...