Paul
52 subentries
- Paul
- accomplishments
- built one of most progressive societies ever (170:5.16-17)
- carried Christian message to gentiles (195:0.1)
- did most to establish kingdom (139:2.9)
- founded Christianity (92:6.18) (121:7.6-8) (128:3.6) (132:0.7) (170:5.3-7) (195:0.18) (196:2.6)
- founded religion of faith, hope, charity (196:3.19)
- associates
- Angamon great friend of (132:1.1)
- estranged from Abner (166:5.4-5)
- Gaius was a supporter in Corinth (133:3.11)
- lived in Corinth with Justus, Aquila, Priscilla (133:3.5,12)
- Luke became follower in A.D. 47 (121:8.8-9)
- sent Titus to Crete (130:5.1)
- spent winter with son of Jeramy in Nicopolis (133:2.5)
- worked with Peter (139:2.7,11)
- caught up to third heaven; had vision of morontia worlds (47:10.3) (48:1.7) (48:6.23)
- concluded that the tentmaker of Antioch was the scribe of Damascus (132:0.10)
- died prior to A.D. 82 (121:8.8)
- early converts were gentile proselytes (121:2.5)
- great organizer (195:0.6)
- great religious teacher (92:5.13) (108:6.3) (121:6.4)
- Greek-speaking Hebrew; Roman citizen (121:1.2)
- imprisoned at Caesarea (130:2.5)
- indomitable (128:3.6)
- Mithraism was dominant religion in city of P.’s birth (98:7.9)
- preached in
- Antioch (134:7.3)
- Athens (195:1.1)
- Corinth (133:3.2-3,11-12)
- Ephesus (133:6.3)
- previously known as Saul (128:3.6)
- saw Stephen stoned (128:3.6)
- spectacular conversion with Jesus of Damascus road (100:5.3) (196:2.1)
- teachings
- adapted Jesus’ teachings to render them more acceptable; shrewd compromiser (89:9.3) (121:5.13-16) (166:5.4-5) (194:0.3) (195:1.4-5)
- declared God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself (98:7.1)
- did not intend his letters to represent teachings of Jesus (98:7.9) (149:2.2)
- doctrine of Christ as second Adam (140:8.24)
- drew spiritual lessons from sprouting grain (85:2.2)
- ended doctrine of redemption through animal sacrifice (89:9.3)
- found it difficult to consider women as equals (84:5.6) (150:1.3)
- gospel of personality sanctity, spiritual liberty (121:7.6)
- incorporated continence cult into Christianity; knew teachings were not part of Jesus’ gospel (89:3.6)
- influenced by Jesus, Plato, Philo, Stoics, Cynics (121:4.3-4) (121:6.3-5) (121:7.6-11)
- knew of Trinity; thought Jesus was 2nd Person of the Trinity (104:1.11) (121:6.5)
- knew status of Lucifer rebellion leaders (53:9.2)
- nothing shall separate us from the love of God (100:6.6)
- P.’s personal viewpoint influenced Christianity (5:4.14) (98:7.9)
- pessimistic view of mankind (196:2.9)
- refused to subject gentiles to Jewish practices (194:3.9)
- taught atonement doctrine, original sin (63:6.4) (121:6.5)
- tentmaker (89:3.6)
Cited alongside
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- Simon Peter 73
- religion 371
- Philo of Alexandria 9
- Judaism 104
- Jesus 796
- Christianity 51
- atonement doctrine 24