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St.Paulwas themost prolificwriterof the NewTestament andat the same time, the "protagonist" of the early Church.
His conversion, as well as havingrevolutionizedmuchits existence, is one of themost important eventsin the historyof the Church afterthe Resurrectionof JesusChrist.Thisis precisely becauseof his extraordinaryapostolic andfundamentaltopicssuch as thepopularbelief, the nature of apostolic ministry, the Holy Spirit, the Eucharist andeventhe Mysteryof the Incarnation, the second comingof Christ andAntichrist.
His name waspronouncedwith terrorby the Christians. E'on the road to Damascus thatthe Lordrevealed himself totherelentless enemy. Fromthat moment, "the apostle Paul" took the placeof "Saul the persecutor"and began hisownpreachingof the synagogue, under the astonishmentand dismayof Christiansof the Jewish communitywho sawin hima madman.
Did not knowJesus Christpersonally, but for hisbrilliantcall on theroad to Damascus, he became a discipleof the greatest, pleadedthe causeofGentile convertswas the apostleof the Gentiles, together with Peterspreadthe Gospel messagein the Mediterranean worldthen, with hiswords andhis writingsworkedthe first and fundamentalenculturationof the Gospelin history.
In this periodso darkfor the Catholic Church, whereits priestsare accusedof the mostsinisterofactions that aman can commitagainst a child, the shockof Saulbecomesa warningfor the redemptionof those whoshouldbe examples ofrighteousnessmorality.
His conversion, as well as havingrevolutionizedmuchits existence, is one of themost important eventsin the historyof the Church afterthe Resurrectionof JesusChrist.Thisis precisely becauseof his extraordinaryapostolic andfundamentaltopicssuch as thepopularbelief, the nature of apostolic ministry, the Holy Spirit, the Eucharist andeventhe Mysteryof the Incarnation, the second comingof Christ andAntichrist.
His name waspronouncedwith terrorby the Christians. E'on the road to Damascus thatthe Lordrevealed himself totherelentless enemy. Fromthat moment, "the apostle Paul" took the placeof "Saul the persecutor"and began hisownpreachingof the synagogue, under the astonishmentand dismayof Christiansof the Jewish communitywho sawin hima madman.
Did not knowJesus Christpersonally, but for hisbrilliantcall on theroad to Damascus, he became a discipleof the greatest, pleadedthe causeofGentile convertswas the apostleof the Gentiles, together with Peterspreadthe Gospel messagein the Mediterranean worldthen, with hiswords andhis writingsworkedthe first and fundamentalenculturationof the Gospelin history.
In this periodso darkfor the Catholic Church, whereits priestsare accusedof the mostsinisterofactions that aman can commitagainst a child, the shockof Saulbecomesa warningfor the redemptionof those whoshouldbe examples ofrighteousnessmorality.
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