.
*’YEAR 5′ – ‘YEAR 67’*
.
(died at ‘age 62’)
(the ‘new testament’ does not say when or how paul died)
(there is an early tradition found in the writing of ‘Ignatius’, probably around 110 AD, that ‘Paul’ was martyred)
(“Dionysius of Corinth”, in a letter to the Romans (166–174 AD), stated that Paul and Peter were martyred in ‘Italy’)
(‘Eusebius’ also cites the ‘Dionysius’ passage)
(the ‘Acts of Paul’, an apocryphal work written around 160, describes the martyrdom of Paul)
(according to the ‘Acts of Paul’, Nero condemned Paul to death by decapitation)
(the date of Paul’s death is believed to have occurred after the Great Fire of Rome in July 64, but before the last year of Nero’s reign, in 68)
A legend later developed that his martyrdom occurred at the Acquae Salviae, on the Via Laurentina.
(according to this legend, after Paul was decapitated, his severed head rebounded three times, giving rise to a source of water each time that it touched the ground, which is how the place earned the name “San Paolo alle Tre Fontane” (“St Paul at the Three Fountains”))
Also according to legend, Paul’s body was buried outside the walls of Rome, at the second mile on the Via Ostiensis, on the estate owned by a Christian woman named Lucina.
It was here, in the fourth century, that the Emperor Constantine built a first church.
Then, between the fourth and fifth centuries it was considerably enlarged by the Emperors Valentinian I, Valentinian II, Theodosius I, and Arcadius.
The present-day Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls was built there in 1800.
Tertullian in his Prescription Against Heretics (200 AD) writes that Paul had a similar death to that of John the Baptist, who was beheaded.
Eusebius of Caesarea in his Church History (320 AD) testifies that Paul was beheaded in Rome and Peter crucified. He wrote that the tombs of these two apostles, with their inscriptions, were extant in his time; and quotes as his authority a holy man of the name of Caius.
Lactantius wrote that Nero “crucified Peter, and slew Paul.” (318 AD)
Jerome in his De Viris Illustribus (On Illustrious Men) (392 AD) states that Paul was beheaded at Rome)
John Chrysostom (c. 349–407) wrote that Nero knew Paul personally and had him killed)
(‘Sulpicius Severus’ says Nero killed Peter and Paul. (403 AD))
(“paul the apostle” (greek: Παῦλος Paulos; c. 5 – c. 67) was originally known as saul of tarsus (hebrew: שאול התרסי Sha’ul ha-Tarsi, greek: Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς Saulos Tarseus))
(he was an apostle (though not one of the “twelve apostles”) who taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world)
He is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age.
In the mid-30s to the mid-50s, he founded several churches in Asia Minor and Europe.
Paul took advantage of his status as both a Jew and a Roman citizen to minister to both Jewish and Roman audiences.
According to writings in the New Testament, Paul was dedicated to the persecution of the early disciples of Jesus in the area of Jerusalem.
In the narrative of the book of Acts of the Apostles (often referred to simply as Acts), Paul was traveling on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus on a mission to “bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem” when the resurrected Jesus appeared to him in a great light.
He was struck blind but, after three days, his sight was restored by Ananias of Damascus, and Paul began to preach that Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah and the Son of God.
Approximately half of the book of Acts deals with Paul’s life and works.
*14 of the 27 books in the ‘New Testament’ have traditionally been attributed to ‘paul’*
Seven of the epistles are undisputed by scholars as being authentic, with varying degrees of argument about the remainder.
Pauline authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews is not asserted in the Epistle itself and was already doubted in the 2nd and 3rd centuries.
It was almost unquestioningly accepted from the 5th to the 16th centuries that Paul was the author of Hebrews, but that view is now almost universally rejected by scholars.
The other six are believed by some scholars to have come from followers writing in his name, using material from Paul’s surviving letters and letters written by him that no longer survive.
Other scholars argue that the idea of a pseudonymous author for the disputed epistles raises many problems.
Today, Paul’s epistles continue to be vital roots of the theology, worship, and pastoral life in the Catholic and Protestant traditions of the West, and the Orthodox traditions of the East.
Paul’s influence on Christian thought and practice has been characterized as being as “profound as it is pervasive”, among that of many other apostles and missionaries involved in the spread of the Christian faith.
(‘augustine of hippo’ developed paul’s idea that ‘salvation’ is based on ‘faith’ and not “works of the law”)
.
(martin luther’s interpretation of paul’s writings influenced luther’s doctrine of “sola fide”)
.
.
.
.
👈👈👈☜*“CHRISTIAN SAINTS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
*THE COMMON ERA*
.
.
💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
.
.
*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
.
.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥