St Paul of Tarsus is a significant figure in Christianity due to his major contributions of writings and letters which form a significant amount of the New Testament. St Paul is considered to be the forefather of Christianity after Jesus. Paul had a major impact on these spread of Christianity through his mission journeys‚ contributing to the religious traditions and helping expand Jesus’ original teachings. The reason behind Paul being a significant person in Christianity is because he contributed
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Explain‚ with evidence‚ the teachings of Paul on the gentiles‚ the nature of Christ and salvation “We have peace with God‚ through Jesus whom has given us the Holy Spirit” – Letter to the Roman 3:1. Paul of Tarsus‚ otherwise known as Saul in Hebrew‚ is one of the most influential and earliest Christian missionaries. His writing of the New Testament provided the Christian society and gentiles ideally the way of salvation within Jesus Christ. “Salvation is based on faith not the works of the Law”*
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Stephanie Cairns - SOR The Second Most Important Man Towards Christianity Question: Analyse the contribution that Paul of Tarsus had on the development and expression of Christianity. Paul of Tarsus or Saint Paul is considered by many Christians today to be the most important disciple of Jesus‚ and beside this the second important found in the development of Christianity. Saint Paul had a major impact on the spread of Christianity‚ contributing to the underlying unity of the religious tradition
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Paul of tarsus is recognised as the second founder of Christianity after Jesus. He was born in tarsus somewhere between 0 and 10CE. Although his teachings have influenced every generation of Christianity of Christian thinking and every variant of Christianity‚ in Pauls early years he was a Jew and a Pharisee and was also know as Saul. As a Pharisee‚ he was well known for he opposition against the individuals who were preaching Jesus Christ and was first mentioned in the bible witnessing the death
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Paul of tarsus did much to advance Christianity among the gentiles‚ considered one of the primary sources of the Christian doctrine‚ Jew and roman citizen of tarsus Some argue it was he who truly made Christianity a new religion promoted Christianity throughout the world‚ some say founder of Christianity Early life didn’t support Christianity he persecuted Christians because they said Jesus was the son of god went against Jewish religion‚ believed Christians were blasphemers Believed they were
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Paul the Apostle gave us not only some of the most profound pieces of early Christian theological reflection‚ but also some of the finest‚ poignant writing in history. Throughout Paul of Tarsus’ life‚ he has been able to contribute to the development of Christianity through his heritage‚ his personal encounter with Jesus and his life as a missionary for Jesus. AD 33‚ before Paul converted to Christ‚ Christianity grew only amongst disaffected Jews. A Jew himself‚ Paul spoke Greek and inherited Roman
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Analyse the contribution that Paul of Tarsus had on the development and expression of Christianity. Context: * Paul was a Jew living in Palestine at the same time as Jesus of Nazareth. * Paul’s epistles make up over a quarter of the books in the New Testament. Life and Contribution after becoming a Christian: * After his conversion‚ Paul became a wanted man. He escaped Damascus by being lowered over the city walls in a basket. * Paul made many missionary journeys to
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8/2/2012 Many people believe that Paul is in fact the founder of Christianity‚ and not Jesus. Of the twenty seven documents that constitute the New Testament‚ thirteen are letters attributed to Paul. Also‚ more than half of the Acts of the Apostles describes Paul’s conversion and subsequent activities on behalf of the spread of the good news about Jesus (the Gospel). This gives us an indication as to how important Paul was to the religion. Paul is one of the most prominent people in history
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Scripture- Blue 3.13.12 St. Paul Bio In the Acts of apostles‚ Luke’s story tells us about Paul’s missionary. A missionary is a person travels to different communities to Promote Christianity in foreign countries. Paul is from tarsus now a part of modern Turkey. Paul was born as a Roman citizen and was educated in Greek literature. Paul’s travels took to many places which are now modern countries. For example‚ Syria‚ Turkey; Macedonia‚ and Greece. In his Second‚ trip Paul traveled about 1800 miles
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Saul of Tarsus was also known as Paul the Apostle. He was believed to have been born in c. 5 and died in c. 6. Saul was born in Tarsus of Cilicia‚ in a Greek-speaking area of the Roman Empire and was a Roman citizen by birthright. This area is what is now known as Turkey. He was also known as Saul the persecutor of the Christian church. Saul of Tarsus hated Christians (harvardhouse.com). While on the road to Damascus to persecute Christians‚ Saul received visions from Jesus Christ and this experience
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