The Epistle to Titus is a book of the canonic New Testament, one of the three so-called "pastoral epistles" (with 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy). It is offered as a letter from Paul to the Apostle Titus. Its purpose is to describe the requirements and duties of elders and bishops. Many scholars today consider the pastoral epistles not to have been written by Paul. They may have been written by an anonymous Christian schooled in Paul's doctrine, writing between 90 and 140.