Converted and Converting [St. Paul]

SalvationHistory.com ^ | 01-22-14 | Scott Hahn

[Salvation]

The story of St. Paul’s conversion is told repeatedly in the New Testament, three times in the Acts of the Apostles and then, briefly, in Paul’s own correspondence with the Galatians and Corinthians. In all of history, no other conversion gets that kind of special coverage, with God himself as primary author of the narrative!

[Salvation]

St. Paul Ping!

[doc1019]

Thank you.

[Alex Murphy]

The story of St. Paul’s conversion is told repeatedly in the New Testament, three times in the Acts of the Apostles and then, briefly, in Paul’s own correspondence with the Galatians and Corinthians. In all of history, no other conversion gets that kind of special coverage, with God himself as primary author of the narrative!

That's just crazy talk!

[Salvation]

Converted and Converting [St. Paul]
[St. Paul's] Conversion to Christ
On Christian Unity (Pope Benedict XVI Homily on Feast of Conversion of St. Paul)
St. Paul's Faith Based Not on Conversion of Thought, but Personal Meeting With Christ, Pope Says
Paul's Conversion
The Conversion of St. Paul
Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul -- January 25

[Salvation]

In what way is it crazy?

[vladimir998]

“That’s just crazy talk!”

?

[Olog-hai]

I think he’s parodying godless libs.

[One Name]

The Damascus Road is one many of us lesser beings found ourselves on, before being blinded by the Truth.

Pauline doctrine is foundational to the Christian Church.

There were other adversarial converts in the Old Testament; none of whom went on to do what Saul of Tarsus did...

Wretched being that I am.

[ebb tide]

Scott Hahn is fishwrap.

Scott Hahn, the Feminist

[Salvation]

Acts, chapter 9

 

CHAPTER 9

Saul’s Conversion. 1^* Now Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord,^a went to the high priest^b 2and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way,^* he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains. 3On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him.^c 4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”^d 5He said, “Who are you, sir?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.^e 6Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do.”^f 7The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could see no one.^g 8Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing;^* so they led him by the hand and brought him to Damascus.^h 9For three days he was unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank.

[metmom]

Our patron, St. Paul, isn’t any ordinary saint. He’s a singularity. He’s unique. And the Church calendar reflects the extraordinary role he played in God’s revelation. It was he who brought the Gospel to the world beyond Israel — the Gentiles. He’s credited as author of more than half the books of the New Testament, and it was under Paul’s tutelage that Luke composed his Gospel and Acts.

The Apostle to the Gentiles gets not one but two feasts on the Church’s Western calendar. In June he shares a feast with St. Peter, with whom he died as a martyr as they consecrated Rome with their blood.

O St. Paul, the Apostle, preacher of truth and Doctor of the Gentiles, intercede for us to God, who chose you.

So now Paul is the apostle to the Gentiles after all? Who ever would have thought?

[Iscool]

Ferrara covers Hahn’s female Holy Spirit, but he also discusses Hahn’s weird view of Original Sin (something lightly touched upon in O’Neill’s June 2004 NOR article). Says Ferrara: “Hahn speculates that the serpent in the Garden was actually a dragon or other monster with which Adam should have engaged in mortal combat to protect himself and his bride…. Hahn thus suggests that the original sin was not disobedience to a divine command under temptation, but rather a refusal to sacrifice his life under a death threat: [Says Hahn] ‘Knowing the serpent’s power, Adam was unwilling to lay down his own life — for the sake of his love of God, or to save the life of his beloved. That refusal to sacrifice was Adam’s original sin.’” The internal quote is from Hahn’s First Comes Love, page 70. Hahn’s next line is this: “He [Adam] committed it [the original sin] even before he had tasted the fruit, even before Eve had tasted the fruit.”

Wait a minute...This guy is the Catholic religion's bible guru...He has to be right...

[Salvation]

Catholics have always said that.

[metmom]

It just gets weirder by the day......

[metmom]

FOTFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!

So that makes Peter what now?

Chopped liver?

Apostle to the JEWS?

[Salvation]

The thread is about St. Paul......not Scott Hahn. Please stick to the subject or leave.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— This guy is the Catholic religion’s bible guru...He has to be right -—

How does B follow from A?

I would also suggest reading what’s between the quotation marks when forming an opinion of Hahn’s opinion.

[Salvation]

Acts 22:3-16

Paul addressed the people in these words:
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia,
but brought up in this city.
At the feet of Gamaliel I was educated strictly in our ancestral law
and was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.
I persecuted this Way to death,
binding both men and women and delivering them to prison.
Even the high priest and the whole council of elders
can testify on my behalf.
For from them I even received letters to the brothers
and set out for Damascus to bring back to Jerusalem
in chains for punishment those there as well.

“On that journey as I drew near to Damascus,
about noon a great light from the sky suddenly shone around me.
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,
‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
I replied, ‘Who are you, sir?’
And he said to me,
‘I am Jesus the Nazorean whom you are persecuting.’
My companions saw the light
but did not hear the voice of the one who spoke to me.
I asked, ‘What shall I do, sir?’
The Lord answered me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus,
and there you will be told about everything
appointed for you to do.’
Since I could see nothing because of the brightness of that light,
I was led by hand by my companions and entered Damascus.

“A certain Ananias, a devout observer of the law,
and highly spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,
came to me and stood there and said,
‘Saul, my brother, regain your sight.’
And at that very moment I regained my sight and saw him.
Then he said,
‘The God of our ancestors designated you to know his will,
to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of his voice;
for you will be his witness before all
to what you have seen and heard.
Now, why delay?
Get up and have yourself baptized and your sins washed away,
calling upon his name.’”

[vladimir998]

“So now Paul is the apostle to the Gentiles after all? Who ever would have thought?”

What?

“The great Apostle to the Gentiles” http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11567b.htm

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1501

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=8218

http://www.cuf.org/2009/05/apostle-to-the-gentiles-paul-the-priest/

http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/PAUL.htm

http://www.hebrewcatholic.net/04-02-st-pauls-vocation-as-apostle-of-the-gentiles/

Sometimes anti-Catholics just sound stupid.