[daniel1212]

Unfortunately (for this case) Paul has gone to his reward. I would absolutely LOVE to have him expound on current Catholic doctrine. Just like he did with the Judaizers and other false teachers of his day.

Making Paul into a RC is akin to Muslims making Abraham one of their own.

You mean you do not see Paul exhorting obedience to the Roman pontiff in his epistles to the churches?

Or reminding them to pray for the holy pontiff?

And teaching that teaching office of the church will always be infallible?

And helping to ordain a successor to the martyred apostle James? (Acts 12:1,2)

And referring to a special class of believers called "saints?"

And addressing prayers to them in Heaven?

And teaching to baptize infants in recognition of proxy faith?

And teaching that the good works one performs by the grace of God truly merits the attainment of eternal life itself?

And ordaining men he titled "priests?"

And making a distinction btwn presbuteros and episkopos? And teaching that the normative state for apostles and NT pastors was to be celibate?

And teaching that spiritual and eternal life is gained by physically eating flesh and blood?

And instructing pastors how to perform transubstantiation and dispense the elements?

And actually exampling the consecration and distribution of this corporeal bread and wine himself?

And making this to be the most important ritual in his many writings to the churches?

[xone]

I would love to see it. I doubt Paul would have enough time get past the salvation doctrines of the Catholic church today.