<P> While most English translations indicate that the letter was addressed to "the saints who are in Ephesus" (1: 1), the words "in Ephesus" do not appear in the best and earliest manuscripts of the letter, leading most textual critics, like Bart Ehrman, to regard the words as an interpolation . This lack of any internal references to Ephesus in the early manuscripts may have led Marcion, a second - century heresiarch who created the first New Testament canon, to believe that the letter was actually addressed to the church at Laodicea, for details see Epistle to the Laodiceans . The view is not uncommon in later traditions either, considering that the content of the letter seems to suggest a similar socio - critical context to the Laodicean church mentioned in the Revelation of John . </P> <P> Furthermore, if Paul is regarded as the author, the impersonal character of the letter, which lacks personal greetings or any indication that the author has personal knowledge of his recipients, is incongruous with the account in Acts of Paul staying more than two years in Ephesus . For these reasons, most regard Ephesians to be a circular letter intended for many churches . </P> <P> If Paul was the author of the letter, then it was probably written from Rome during Paul's first imprisonment (3: 1; 4: 1; 6: 20), and probably soon after his arrival there in the year 62, four years after he had parted with the Ephesian elders at Miletus . However, scholars who dispute Paul's authorship date the letter to between 70--80 AD . In the latter case, the possible location of the authorship could have been within the church of Ephesus itself . Ignatius of Antioch himself seemed to be very well versed in the epistle to the Ephesians, and mirrors many of his own thoughts in his own epistle to the Ephesians . </P> <P> The major theme of the letter is the unity and reconciliation of the whole of creation through the agency of the Church and, in particular, its foundation in Christ as part of the will of the Father . </P>

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