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    Paul was born about AD 5 as a Roman citizen to Jewish parents in the Roman city of Tarsus. At the time of his circumcision, he was given the Jewish name Saul. At a young age, Saul was sent to Jerusalem to study the law of Moses under the greatest rabbi of his time. During his time there, he obtained a zeal for the Mosaic Law, the Jewish faith and traditions and became a respected Pharisee. Seeing so many of his Jewish brethren abandoning the Jewish traditions and following in the way of Christ, he was angered. Saul began to zealously persecute the Christians; “breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord” (Acts 9:1). Thinking he was following God’s Law, he “laid waste to the Church” (Acts 8:3). His angered reaction to what he viewed as defiance to God caused him to be the greatest persecutor of the early church. He was faced with a conflict and reacted with anger, starting a legacy of…

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    prestigious schools. Saint Paul’s conversion story is a miracle. On the way to Damascus a blinding light came down and blinded Paul who was called Saul. While blinded he heard a voice “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”(Acts 9:4 NIV). Paul didn’t know who he was talking to since he was blinded so he asked who was talking to him and the response was “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. Now…

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    Truly, the idea of the conversion of the saint or the hero is beyond reality. Both are metaphors describing a fictitious character that may or may not exist. “That neither future nor past actually exist” (CAHN 397) declares Augustine in his Confessions. Dr. Ambrosio’s attempt to solidify the notion of universality with the integration of the hero and saint by discussing the character traits of historical figures as described in literature. The Saul of Tarsus, Augustine of Hippo, and the…

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    Saul was a nonbeliever in Christ who was traveling to Damascus. As he journeyed, an astoundingly bright light shot out from the sky and knocked him over. A voice came from the sky and questioned Paul asking why he was persecuting Him. Saul questioned him and the voice replied that he was Jesus. Jesus told him to get up and go to the city. The other men with Saul were astonished, as they heard the voice but saw no one speaking. They continued for Damascus. However, Saul was blinded by the bright…

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    Saul, who would later become known as Paul after his radical conversion to Christ, was a man who represented the most extreme pathway towards Christianity one could take. A highly educated Jewish religious leader, Saul hunted down and persecuted Christians for what he believed to be ultimate blasphemy. Saul experienced an incredible interruption on his mission to eliminate Christians. In Acts 9:1-6, Jesus himself appeared in a bright light, and commanded Saul to turn from his ways and follow…

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    Apostle was born as “Saul” in Tarsus around A.D 1-5. He was born a Roman citizen from a Jewish Family. Saul was jewish, very wealthy, his culture was greek, and his citizenship was Roman. Saul was a very bad person, he persecuted Christians by capturing them and bringing them in chains to Rome. He also encouraged a mob to stone Saint Stephen. When Saul grew older, he became a temple leader. One day, while Saul was in the desert, the light of the Lord blinded him, and it was very hard for him to…

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    they think is correct. Your people are perceived to be less than human. In Richard Wagamese 1970s based novel Indian Horse this is the case for Saul Indian Horse and the rest of his family. While utilizing the concepts of the Post colonialism theory it can be argued that “Indian Horse’ ’demonstrates a time in which Aboriginal people are hunted down and forcefully taken out of their homeland, assimilated with foreign culture and converted into ideal members of society through harsh…

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    Document Analysis-SC3: Christianity Through the introduction of “Christianity”, the source of the excerpt of the New Testament is revealed, allowing one to gain insightful background information to analysis the method in which Christianity was spread and the characteristics of the religion that allowed it to do so. In particular, the writers and source of this excerpt were Saul, a Jew who hailed from Tarsus in Asia Minor and Matthew, a second-generation Christian. Saul, who was later know as…

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    Luke’s firsthand account of this visit highlights how exceptional Paul’s relationship with the Philippians would become. To start, the Spirit of Jesus himself sends Paul and his companions to Macedonia (vv. 6–10). Once in Macedonia, the stress on Philippi’s sociopolitical importance as “a principal city of the district of Macedonia and a [Roman] colony” suggests that Paul intentionally targeted Philippi for an extended time of ministry (v. 12). That ministry includes the conversion of a wealthy…

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    St Paul Research Paper

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    I have recently been doing some research and would love to share my knowledge with you. The Council of Jerusalem and Paul/Saul has been my main topic of learning this term. For my assessment I have chosen to go deeper into the knowledge of Saint Paul. Saint Paul was born in AD 8. This was roughly the same time as Jesus Christ. He was then known as Saul and he was a Jew. In AD 21 at the age of 12 or 13 Paul was educated by Rabbi Gamaliel in Jerusalem. Paul had despised Christians and watched over…

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