SAINT PAUL MOVIE - 7 !!!!!..... Video

PAUL OF TARSUS, ALSO CALLED PAUL THE APOSTLE, THE APOSTLE PAUL, OR SAINT PAUL, (ANCIENT GREEK: ΣΑΟΎΛ (SAUL), ΣΑῦΛΟΣ (SAULOS), AND ΠΑῦΛΟΣ (PAULOS); LATIN: PAULUS OR PAULLUS; HEBREW: שאול התרסי‎ ŠAʾUL HATARSI (SAUL OF TARSUS) (C.5 BC - C.67 AD), WAS A HELLENISTIC JEW WHO CALLED HIMSELF THE "APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES" AND WAS, TOGETHER WITH SAINT PETER AND JAMES THE JUST, THE MOST NOTABLE OF EARLY CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES.

ACCORDING TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, HIS CONVERSION TOOK PLACE ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS. THIRTEEN EPISTLES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ARE ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL, THOUGH AUTHORSHIP OF SIX OF THE THIRTEEN HAS BEEN QUESTIONED.[5] PAUL'S INFLUENCE ON CHRISTIAN THINKING ARGUABLY HAS BEEN MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER NEW TESTAMENT AUTHOR.
ST PAUL, WHOSE EARLIER HEBREW NAME WAS SAUL, WAS "OF THE STOCK OF ISRAEL, OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN, A HEBREW OF THE HEBREWS; AS TOUCHING THE LAW, A PHARISEE.[PHIL. 3:5] ACTS IDENTIFIES PAUL AS FROM MEDITERRANEAN CITY OF TARSUS (IN PRESENT-DAY SOUTH-CENTRAL TURKEY), WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS INTELLECTUAL ENVIRONMENT. ACTS ALSO CLAIMS PAUL SAID HE WAS "A PHARISEE, THE SON OF A PHARISEE".[ACTS 23:6]

ACCORDING TO HIS OWN TESTIMONY, PAUL VIOLENTLY PERSECUTED THE CHURCH OF GOD (FOLLOWERS OF JESUS) PRIOR TO HIS CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY.

PAUL ASSERTED THAT HE RECEIVED THE GOSPEL NOT FROM ANY PERSON, BUT BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST.[GAL. 1:1112] PAUL CLAIMED INDEPENDENCE FROM THE "MOTHER CHURCH" IN JERUSALEM, BUT WAS JUST AS QUICK TO CLAIM AGREEMENT WITH IT ON THE NATURE AND CONTENT OF THE "GOSPEL OF CHRIST".[CITATION NEEDED]

FOLLOWING HIS STAY IN DAMASCUS AFTER HIS CONVERSION, WHERE HE STATES HE WAS HEALED OF HIS BLINDNESS AND BAPTIZED BY ANANIAS OF DAMASCUS,[16] PAUL SAYS THAT HE FIRST WENT TO ARABIA, AND THEN CAME BACK TO DAMASCUS.[GAL. 1:17] HE DESCRIBES IN GALATIANS HOW THREE YEARS AFTER HIS CONVERSION HE WENT TO JERUSALEM. THERE HE MET JAMES AND STAYED WITH SIMON PETER FOR 15 DAYS.[GAL. 1:1324]

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT PAUL HAD KNOWN JESUS PRIOR TO THE CRUCIFIXION. PAUL ASSERTED THAT HE RECEIVED THE GOSPEL NOT FROM ANY PERSON, BUT BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST.[GAL. 1:1112] PAUL CLAIMED ALMOST TOTAL INDEPENDENCE FROM THE "MOTHER CHURCH" IN JERUSALEM.[10]

PAUL'S NARRATIVE IN GALATIANS STATES THAT 14 YEARS AFTER HIS CONVERSION HE WENT AGAIN TO JERUSALEM.[GAL. 2:110] IT IS NOT COMPLETELY KNOWN WHAT HAPPENED DURING THESE SO-CALLED "UNKNOWN YEARS," BUT BOTH ACTS AND GALATIANS PROVIDE SOME PARTIAL DETAILS. AT THE END OF THIS TIME, BARNABAS WENT TO FIND PAUL AND BROUGHT HIM BACK TO ANTIOCH. [ACTS 11:26]

WHEN A FAMINE HAPPENED IN JUDEA, AROUND 4546, PAUL AND BARNABAS JOURNEYED TO JERUSALEM TO DELIVER FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE ANTIOCH COMMUNITY. ACCORDING TO ACTS, ANTIOCH HAD BECOME AN ALTERNATIVE CENTRE FOR CHRISTIANS FOLLOWING THE DISPERSION OF THE BELIEVERS AFTER THE DEATH OF STEPHEN. IT WAS IN ANTIOCH THAT THE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS WERE FIRST CALLED "CHRISTIANS
PAUL ARRIVED IN JERUSALEM .AD 57 WITH A COLLECTION OF MONEY FOR THE CONGREGATION THERE. ACTS REPORTS THAT THE CHURCH WELCOMED PAUL GLADLY, BUT IT WAS APPARENTLY A PROPOSAL OF JAMES THAT LED TO HIS ARREST. PAUL CAUSED A STIR WHEN HE APPEARED AT THE TEMPLE, AND HE ESCAPED BEING KILLED BY THE CROWD BY BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HE WAS HELD AS A PRISONER FOR TWO YEARS IN CAESAREA UNTIL, IN AD 59, A NEW GOVERNOR REOPENED HIS CASE. HE APPEALED TO CAESAR AS A ROMAN CITIZEN AND WAS SENT TO ROME FOR TRIAL. ACTS REPORTS THAT HE WAS SHIPWRECKED ON MALTA WHERE HE WAS MET BY ST PUBLIUS[ACTS 28:7] AND THE ISLANDERS, WHO SHOWED HIM "UNUSUAL KINDNESS."[ACTS 28:1] HE ARRIVED IN ROME C AD 60 AND SPENT TWO YEARS UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
IRENAEUS OF LYONS BELIEVED THAT PETER AND PAUL HAD BEEN THE FOUNDERS OF THE CHURCH IN ROME AND HAD APPOINTED LINUS AS SUCCEEDING BISHOP. THOUGH NOT CONSIDERED A BISHOP OF ROME, PAUL IS CONSIDERED HIGHLY RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE CHRISTIANITY TO ROME.

TRADITION HAS SAID THAT PAUL WAS BEHEADED, LIKELY AT TRE FONTANE ABBEY (ENGLISH: THREE FOUNTAINS ABBEY). BY COMPARISON, PETER WAS CRUCIFIED UPSIDE-DOWN. THIS ACCOUNT FITS WITH THE REPORT FROM ACTS THAT PAUL WAS A ROMAN CITIZEN AND WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCORDED THE MORE MERCIFUL EXECUTION.[DUBIOUS DISCUSS] PAUL'S DEATH IS COMMONLY DATED TO C 60-62[32] OR C 62-65,[6] OR C 65-67,[33] IN ANY CASE DURING THE REIGN OF NERO.