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According to the New Testament account, Saul of Tarsus prior to his conversion to Christianity persecuted early Judeo-Christians. According to the Acts of the Apostles, a year after the Roman Crucifixion of Jesus, Stephen was stoned for his transgressions of the Jewish law. [13]
The Conversion of Saint Paul, Luca Giordano, 1690, Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio, 1600. The conversion of Paul the Apostle (also the Pauline conversion, Damascene conversion, Damascus Christophany and Paul's "road to Damascus" event) was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Saul/Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early ...
Jesus called him "Saul, Saul" [37] in "the Hebrew tongue" in the Acts of the Apostles, when he had the vision which led to his conversion on the road to Damascus. [38] Later, in a vision to Ananias of Damascus, "the Lord" referred to him as "Saul, of Tarsus". [39] When Ananias came to restore his sight, he called him "Brother Saul". [40]
Passages like Luke 12:4-7 and Acts 14:22 are read by Maddox as warning Christians of the hardships they will face. Evidence for the deep value early Christians put on persecution may also be found in Acts 5:41 and Acts 8:1-4 (which states that even as Christians were persecuted, they spread the word). [12]
The zeal of the convert is a term describing the very fervent devotion to new beliefs, which are completely different from one's old beliefs. [1] [2] [3] For example, Paul the Apostle, formally known as Saul of Tarsus was a Jewish Pharisees who persecuted Christians until he had a life changing vision on the road to Damascus and became a Christian missionary who spent his life spreading ...
Religious intolerance is on the rise as modern technologies merge with age-old authoritarian policies of oppression to increasingly target Christians across the globe in a yearslong concerning trend.
According to the New Testament, Saul of Tarsus first persecuted the early Jewish Christians, but then converted. He adopted the name Paul and started proselytizing among the Gentiles, calling himself "Apostle to the Gentiles." [170] [171] Paul was in contact with the early Christian community in Jerusalem, led by James the Just. [172]
An ancient Christian mosaic bearing an early reference to Jesus as God is at the center of a controversy that has riled archaeologists: Should the centuries-old decorated floor, which is near what ...