Tradition And Reception
Definition
The claim that Paul founded Christianity is judged an exaggeration: he saw himself as an emissary passing on what he received, and many other apostles and missionaries spread the faith
Episodes
Related Concepts
- The Founder Of Christianity Question
Biblical References
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 — *For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. *
- Galatians 1:13, 23 — For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it. They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news
- Philippians 3:6 — *In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless. *
- 1 Timothy 1:13 — *even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief, *
- Galatians 1:15-16 — But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 — *For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received—that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures, *