(August 31, 2023 at 6:25 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: What does the presence of Paul's writings in the Bible imply? Does that mean that Paul was channeling Jesus in his writings, and thus, his words in the Bible are actually Jesus's words? Or are his epistles just his opinion about Christianity? -- but, if so, why would theological mushins of some guy be in a book that was supposedly written by God?
By all accounts (including his own), Paul was a religious fanatic, even before his conversion. This made him and his writings useful to the budding church.
His works are a combination of his claimed revelation and his interpretations of it, so it’s kind of a mishmash. The epistles were generally aimed at the Christian churches he organized, making them pretty important to the nascent Jesus sect of Judaism.
Boru
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