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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 Christians and to become a follower of Jesus.
Rowland contends that "the extent of his influence on Christian thought has been overestimated", [40] concluding that Paul did not materially alter Jesus' teachings. Hurtado notes that Paul regarded his Christological views and the Jerusalem Church's as essentially similar. According to Hurtado, this "work[s] against the claims by some scholars ...
Although Paul had to fight against groups in his churches who rejected or distorted his law-free mission to the Gentiles, he did not identify their missionaries as his enemies (including the "super-apostles" in 2 Cor 11:5;12:11), but always recognized the primacy of the early church: This is confirmed by his collection for them in his letter to ...
For Paul, Jesus receives prayer, [282] [283] [284] the presence of Jesus is confessionally invoked by believers, [285] [286] [287] people are baptized in Jesus' name, [288] [289] Jesus is the reference in Christian fellowship for a religious ritual meal (the Lord's Supper; [290] in pagan cults, the reference for ritual meals is always to a ...
13:44-51: Paul and Barnabas being driven out of Antioch. 14:5-6: Jews and gentiles attempt unsuccessfully to stone Paul and Barnabas. 14:19-20: Jews stone Paul nearly to death. 16:16-24: Paul and Silas are flogged and imprisoned by gentiles in Philippi. 17:1-15: Paul and others are chased out of successive towns by Jews.
This song by Paul "Fat Daddy" Johnson, Baltimore's self-anointed "300 Pound King of Soul," is featured on A John Waters Christmas, the eclectic holiday soundtrack curated by the apparently ...
Paul's influence on Christian thinking is considered to be more significant than that of any other New Testament author. [3] According to Krister Stendahl, the main concern of Paul's writings on Jesus' role, and salvation by faith, is not the individual conscience of human sinners, and their doubts about being chosen by God or not, but the problem of the inclusion of Gentile (Greek) Torah ...
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