Quote:This self-proclaimed apostle always seems to speak in a way that undermines everything that Jesus 'achieved' here on earth.
The earliest remaining xtian work of any length...and which is doubtlessly authentic...is Justin Martyr's First Apology to Antoninus Pius c 156 AD. In it, he never mentions anyone named "Paul" or "Saul" which indicates that that portion of the story had not been invented, or, "Saul/Paul" was a creation of the heretic Marcion who was later surgically removed from Marcion's canon and "rehabilitated" along with all the fantastic bullshit that they later wrote about him.
Also, Justin never mentions the gospels of Mark Luke, Matthew or John. In fact, the only "John" he does mention is John the Baptist.
In this way we can track the development of the story.
