Saint Paul

According to the teaching of Saint Paul, the body is called to be the “temple” of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 6:19). Right before this, he said, “Avoid immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body; but the immoral person sins against his own body” (6:18). These sins are against the “holiness” and “honor” of the body. Such sins “profane” the body, and therefore the temple of the Holy Spirit. Because of the indwelling of God in the person, man’s body is not “his own.” The Holy…

mass. The church continues to spread its holiness when it canonizes holy people and then those people continue on with the process. Many important people in history have helped to spread the Church’s holiness, for example, Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick is well known as the saint who developed and spread Christianity in Ireland (Wikipedia). He perfectly displays the qualities of someone who knows and understands the holiness of the church. The Holy Spirit can not operate fully on its own, it…

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 as people killed innocent Christians. In AD 32 or 36 on the road to Damascus Paul had his…

The word “saint” evokes many different images in the mind of men and women from all different sorts of religious backgrounds. Some people think of saints as someone acting in a particularly good or moral way in a specific moment in time, such as when a mother exclaims to another “your child is such a saint!” Others associate saints like Saint Valentine and Saint Nicholas as cartoonish figures that represent their related holiday, while others still have a medieval and archaic image of men and…

with Paul’s longest salutation in verses 1-7. In those verses, Paul introduces himself, which is customary in all of Paul’s letters to the church. Elwell writes, “He also characterizes the message that has changed his life, speaking of its roots in the Old Testament, its basis in the resurrected Jesus Christ, and its expression through the apostolic ministry.” Paul also mentions to whom this letter is addressed to, which is the saints in Rome. The letter is addressed to all the believers in…

Hebrews 12:1 tells us,"We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses." There 's an army of people who knows what we 're going through. Let 's use Mother Theresa as an example. Mother Theresa is easily one of my favorite saints (Her canonization Mass is slated for September). On the surface, it 's easy to see the connection problem. I can hear Joe Critic already, "Really? You 're using Mother Theresa as an example? The woman served the poorest of the poor with a smile."…

Written while Paul was imprisoned in Rome in 62 AD, Ephesians 1:1 identifies “Paul, as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God.” As Paul pinned his letters, he always had a careful intent in his choice of words toward the audience that he was addressing. The next line reads, “To the saints in Ephesus” signifying that when Paul wrote these letters his audience was the church in Ephesus. There is also evidence of a secondary audience unfamiliar to him. As evident in Ephesians 1:15, “ever…

About two thousand years ago, Saint Paul wrote epistles in order to preach the Gospel to the Romans. The epistles that he wrote have significant impacts on Christianity; and gave the adherents a clear message that Jesus is the Lord, and the only path to God. His Epistle to The Romans gave latter historians and believers sufficient information to study about Christianity, and its development. He was one of the most important leaders in the history of Christianity. Paul was an Anatolian rabbinical…

today because there are many people who need a helping hand. Roman’s 12:1-21 expresses the importance of serving one another. Roman’s 12:13 states “Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers.” This tells us to offer a helping hand to everyone wether we know them or not. In his letter Paul says by doing this we are also…

calls the Apostle Paul, The Greatest Salesman in the World, a fictional tale that serves as a motivational guide about life and success. Mandino’s subtle message is effective and clear; earthly riches may be achieved, but true success comes from living the Christian principles and seeking personal transformation. Through his own conversion and suffering, Paul became the top Gospel salesman, the broker for Christian unity, and God’s instrument for the Great Commission. Saint Paul 's story,…