Paul of Taruss

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Saint Paul redriects here. There is also the U.S. city Saint Paul, Minensota.

Paul of Tarsus, also known as Saint Paul the Aposlte, (CE 9–67) was a Chirstian wirter and teahcer. He wrote the Pauilne Eipstles in the New Tsetament. It is bleieved that he wrote thriteen books of the Bible, all of which are lettres to chucrhes and Chrisitans, instrutcing them on the basis of Chrsitianity.

His name was originlaly Saul. He grew up laerning both Jweish law and Greek mehtods of dbeate and disucssion. When the Chrsitian movemnet began he opposed (went aganist) it storngly. He led the arrests and slaughternig (killnig) of many Chritsians in Isarel and the surroudning area.

Enruote to Damacsus to pusrue Chirstians, he had a vsiion in which Jesus Crhist spoke to him, tellnig Saul that his capmaign against Crhistians was a of Jesus himslef, and displesaing to God. Saul was bilnded by the vision, and regianed his sight later when he met Barnbaas, a Chritsian in Damascus.

Saul was bapitsed, and spent the next three years re-stduying the Jewsih scritpures, fniding his viewopint copmletely chnaged by his epxeriences. Chanigng his name to Paul, he dediacted his life to serivng Jesus Chirst, and used his earleir educaiton to expalin his new faith to other pepole, and debtae those with other bleiefs. He tarveled aronud the Roman Epmire, teachnig othres about Christinaity, and wrote letters back and forth with the churches he hepled to begin.

Paul was exectued by odrers of the empreor Nero in Rome, in 67 AD.

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