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  2. Paul the Apostle - Wikipedia

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    Placing Paul in this time period is done on the basis of his reported conflicts with other early contemporary figures in the Jesus movement including James and Peter, [251] the references to Paul and his letters by Clement of Rome writing in the late 1st century, [252] his reported issues in Damascus from 2 Corinthians 11:32 which he says took ...

  3. Conversion of Paul the Apostle - Wikipedia

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    The Conversion of Saint Paul, Luca Giordano, 1690, Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio, 1600. 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 ...

  4. Paul the Apostle and Jewish Christianity - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Pauline Christianity - Wikipedia

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    According to Krister Stendahl, the main concern of Paul's writings on Jesus' role, and salvation by faith, is the problem of the inclusion of gentile (Greek) Torah observers into God's covenant. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ web 1 ] The inclusion of Gentiles into early Christianity posed a problem for the Jewish identity of the early Christians.

  6. Areopagus sermon - Wikipedia

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    In his sermon, Paul quotes from certain Greek philosophers and poets, namely in verse 17:28. He alludes to passages from Epimenides [7] and from either Aratus or Cleanthes. Paul then explained concepts such as the resurrection of the dead and salvation, in effect a prelude to the future discussions of Christology.

  7. Twelve Apostles in art - Wikipedia

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    The prohibition against icons was due to verses in Exodus 20:4 which critiqued the worship of graven images. [31] [32] Most figurative images were destroyed or plastered over, with exceptions of images at the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai, Egypt. [33] [30] Byzantine art style declined after the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. [34 ...

  8. Eternal life (Christianity) - Wikipedia

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    [18] [19] Paul views sin as an obstacle to attaining eternal life, as in Romans 6:23. For Paul eternal life is a future possession and "the eschatological goal towards which believers strive." [4] Paul emphasizes that eternal life is not merely something to be earned, but a gift from God, as in Romans 6:23: "wages of sin is death; but the free ...

  9. The Conversion of Saint Paul (Murillo) - Wikipedia

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    The Conversion of Saint Paul is a c.1675-1680 oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, acquired by Charles IV of Spain and now in the Prado Museum in Madrid. [ 1 ] Description