Timothy and Titus.

I have never actually thought of the books of Timothy and Titus were personal letters that were then distributed to the whole church.  I mean, it should be obvious, all you have to really do is look at the name to realize, but I guess I just forgot about it.  The main thing to remember when considering this is that these letters were still sort of intended to be sent to the entire church.  Timothy easily translates to the entire church.  Both of the letters of Timothy do.  But with Titus and some of the other personal letters, it is less obvious as to why they were widely distributed to the entire church since they seem more like personal letters.  I don' really see the purpose of doing this.  There are still god lessons in these books, but they are less obvious and you have to dig through the personal information and messages to find them in some cases.

Was the early church simply looking for anything from Paul that they widely distributed letters that weren't really intended for that function, or is it that these letters were written in a different fashion intentionally to draw people and have them search for the lessons in them?  And if it is the second option, why would Paul do that?

-Jacob Millay