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Paul is a common Latin masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe ...
Amongst Christians, it is a surname based on naming traditions mainly related to Paul the Apostle. Amongst Hindus, Paul is an anglicized form of "Pala" stemming from British India censuses, meaning protector in Sanskrit. The original surname, Pala, originates from Gopala I and the Pala Dynasty.
The aforementioned Peter and Paul were apostles of Christ; both were martyred in ancient Rome and have the same feast day (i.e. the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul on June 29). Today, the feast occurs with minimal notice, but it was widely celebrated within England in the Middle Ages. Many churches there were dedicated to the pair.
Pal, alternatively spelt Paul, is a common surname found in India and Bangladesh. It is traditionally believed that 'Pal' originated from the Sanskrit pala meaning protector, keeper, guard or herdsman.
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, [253] the references to Paul and his letters by Clement of Rome writing in the late 1st century, [254] his reported issues in Damascus from 2 Corinthians 11:32 which he says took ...
Sanders, E. P. Paul the Law and the Jewish People 1983; Sanders, E. P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion 1977 ISBN 0-8006-1899-8; Theissen, Gerd. The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity: Essays on Corinth 2004; Westerholm, Stephen. Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The "Lutheran" Paul and His Critics 2003 ...
Paul (surname), a list of people; Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament; Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo Paul & Paula; Paul Stookey, one-third of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary; Billy Paul, stage name of American soul singer Paul Williams (1934–2016)
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and Romanian: Pavel (although Romanian also uses Paul); Polish: Paweł; Slovak: Pavol; Ukrainian: Павло, romanized: Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). [1] [2] Pavel may refer to: