The ministry of Paul is no more wrong than are the ministries of Peter, James, John, et al. There is no marginalization of Paul - he, along with Peter are considered the two greatest of the Apostles by the Church. But remember that the Paulicians (of various sorts) were all condemned as heretics by the Church in the first millennium. If you read Paul as a great Apostle, bishop and evangelist, then you are in accord with the Church. If you read Paul as the central figure or conveyor of theology in Christianity, then you are a Christian heretic.
Then you’ve just branded some of your Catholic cohorts here on FR as heretics.
There are a couple at the very least, who say that the Catholic church’s theology is Pauline.
Then who or what is the central figure or conveyor of Christian theology? Or more precisely, who or what is the central figure or conveyor of CATHOLIC theology?
And the Church was condemned by the church...
If you read Paul as a great Apostle, bishop and evangelist, then you are in accord with the Church. If you read Paul as the central figure or conveyor of theology in Christianity, then you are a Christian heretic.
No, a Catholic heretic maybe, but certainly not a Christian heretic...
The mystery of the Gospel of the Grace of God was given to Paul to bring to the church...Jesus did not teach anyone the Gospel of the Grace of God...Paul did...
To Paul it was given the responsibility to bring the church to the Gentiles...Jesus didn't do it; He was buried and risen...
To Paul it was given to explain the workings of the church and it requirements and responsibilities...Jesus didn't do it; He had been resurrected...
It was given to Paul by Jesus to teach the church on this side of the Cross the new revelations of Jesus...The adoption of the Gentiles, the Gospel of the Grace of God, the Rapture, Faith without works, the Body of Christ, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the believer, the Judgment Seat of Christ, etc...
None of these things were revealed by Jesus while He was on the earth...These things are all on this side of the Cross...Your religion is stuck on the other side of the Cross...
You all will be judged by your works...We have been judged already; and found to be just...Jesus made the complete payment for us, in full...
It's almost funny but actually really sad to see people who are stuck on the wrong side of the Cross try to explain the scriptures to those of us on this side of the Cross...
Thanks, you’ve simplified my choices for future threads ... you have not a clue what your spittling. But keep the ‘faith’ sport, it is probably comforting to you.