St. Paul, having preached the faith in the island of Crete, he ordained
his beloved disciple and companion, Titus, bishop, and left him there
to finish the work which he had begun. Afterwards the Apostle, on a
journey to Nicopolis, a city of Macedonia, wrote this Epistle to Titus,
in which he directs him to ordain bishops and priests for the different
cities, shewing him the principal qualities necessary for a bishop. He
also gives him particular advice for his own conduct to his flock,
exhorting him to hold to strictness of discipline, but seasoned with
lenity. It was written about thirty-three years after our Lord’s
Ascension.