RE: Why are Paul's writings in the Bible?
August 31, 2023 at 7:49 am
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2023 at 7:51 am by FrustratedFool.)
I'm not an expert, but the canon was formulated (messily, over time) around those texts which were considered to be authoritative:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmen...ment_canon
Paul was held to be an apostle, commissioned directly by the risen Christ, and so was a figure of authority within the early church. The other leaders of the early church, notably Paul and James, accepted him and his authority as valid. He was a forceful and prolific figure who established churches and was affirmed by miracles. His writings, treasured by the early church, came to be seen as having divine inspiration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship...e_epistles
Basically, then, the Pauline texts would be considered by most traditional Christians to be a mix of Paul's opinions and recollections and things passed to him directly by revelation, but all are divinely inspired and suitable in a special way for use by the church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmen...ment_canon
Paul was held to be an apostle, commissioned directly by the risen Christ, and so was a figure of authority within the early church. The other leaders of the early church, notably Paul and James, accepted him and his authority as valid. He was a forceful and prolific figure who established churches and was affirmed by miracles. His writings, treasured by the early church, came to be seen as having divine inspiration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship...e_epistles
Basically, then, the Pauline texts would be considered by most traditional Christians to be a mix of Paul's opinions and recollections and things passed to him directly by revelation, but all are divinely inspired and suitable in a special way for use by the church.
