The social history of the early Christian church is closely related to the type of documents and the secular cultural context of the time. Paul was a great influence on early Christian theology, as were other people who wrote under his name. Three canonized works have classically been attributed to Paul, but are now known to be forgeries: 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus. These books are known as “The Pastorals” and are different from the authentic works of Paul in many fundamental ways. To see the historical context in which these letters were written, we must first understand the social history of Christian theology of the time. We will present the social history and changes to early Christian theology that occurred in the period from the writing of 1 and 2 Corinthians to the writings of the Pastorals. The pastorals are generally believed to have been written at the end of the I or beginning of the II. century.[1] Therefore, by reading these works and examining other early Christian writings from this period, we can understand what most concerned Christians in that period. In this way early Christian theology becomes evident. We will examine three major changes: the apparent interest in establishing conventional social norms regarding gender roles, the emergence of the clergy, and how nonbelievers' views of Christians have changed over the years with writings such as Pastorals, Galatians, and 1st and 2 Corinthians to support our findings. When we read the Pastorals, we can see that the concerns the author writes about are very different from those described in 1 and 2 Corinthians. For example, in the Pastorals there seems to be a vested interest in establishing conv...... middle of paper ......nity and bringing the Christian faith into another more inviting atmosphere. It painted a better picture of what the Church of Christ should be like. Comparing the Corinthians and the Pastoral it is evident that Christianity transformed radically between the time Paul wrote the Corinthians and the time the Pastorals were written. in the Corinthians women were seen as inferior to men, but in the later Pastorals men were advised to support their wives and respect them. The clergy, in Corinthians, is non-existent with much talk among Christians who believed they were empowered by the same united Spirit. In the Pastorals we see that the clergy have been established with instructions on how to better run the church. Finally we have seen how the Church's opinions change from a dualistic point of view to a more unitary focus in Pastoral Care..