St paul contribution to christianity origin
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Paul the Apostle and the creation of Christianity
Historian and author Tom Holland considers the influence of St Paul of the formation of Christianity, the influences on his philosophy and the legacy he left behind
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How do you think Paul achieved such personal authority in the early church?
He was evidently a remarkable man, possessed of extraordinary charisma, persuasiveness and a capacity for relentless travel.
By the end of his life, it has been estimated, he had travelled some ten thousand miles.
St paul contribution to christianity origin
He did this in the cause of a remarkable vision: both the literal vision of Christ which he tells us himself that he had been given, and the vision as well that followed from it, of a new covenent between the God of Israel and all the peoples of the world.
This, as events were to prove, was an understanding of Christ with a greater potential to win converts than that of any other Christian missionary. Paul, though, was n