Life of St Paul :Life of St Paul Pauline Year


Slide 2:As a teenager, whom did St Paul study with in Jerusalem? A) Gamaliel B) Jacob C) Melchisedek D) Arnold Swartzenagger


Slide 3:What was St Paul’s occupation? A) Carpenter B) Tax collector C) Tent maker D) Computer programmer


Slide 4:What was Paul before his conversion? A) A Pharisee B) S Sadducee C) An atheist D) A Buddhist E) A Muslim


Slide 5:Paul was shipwrecked on what Island in Acts 27-28? A) Sicily B) Malta C) Hawaii D) Hudson River E) Moluccas Islands


Slide 6:Who was the first convert brought to the faith by St paul? A) Barnabas B) Lydia C) Peter D) Stephen E) Bilbo Baggins


Paul’s Early Years :Paul’s Early Years We know St Paul through: the Acts of the Apostles and his Letters written to the First Christian Communities.


Paul’s Early Years :Paul’s Early Years 4 stages in his life: 1. As a fervent Jew (a Pharisee) (28 yrs) 2. Conversion and formation (28 to 41 yrs) 3. Itinerant missionary (42 to 53 yrs) 4. In jail, and organizing first Communities (53 yrs until his death in Rome)


Paul’s Early Years :Paul’s Early Years


: Where I went to school…. I went to Jerusalem where I learned a lot about the Jewish Law I lived the laws of the Jewish community in a very strict manner: a Pharisee.


Persecuting the Church :Persecuting the Church Defeating the Apostles of Jesus: I took it as my mission to stop those who pointed to Jesus as sent from God I went to Damascus ready to take as prisoner anyone who encouraged others to follow Jesus.


God Calls St. Paul to Conversion :God Calls St. Paul to Conversion What is conversion? Turning your heart over to God Really listening to what God wants of you in your actions and in your beliefs. St. Paul listened to the God he loved so much St. Paul prayed for all people after his conversion: “That you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in the knowledge of God.”


God Calls St. Paul to Conversion :God Calls St. Paul to Conversion Paul, “is the instrument I have chosen to bring My Name before pagans and pagan kings and before the people of Israel!” God had a plan for Paul’s life and God has a plan for your life


Paul’s Conversion :Paul’s Conversion • He then returned to Jerusalem and was accepted by Peter and the other Christians and then went to his home city of Tarsus and spent about six years preaching in parts of Syria and Cilicia • Barnabas he set out to Tarsus to seek for him to help out in Antioch • The disciples now, for the first time, were called "Christians" (Acts 11:26) ++ Paul spent the next three years of his life in Damascus with the Christians.


Paul’s Early Years :Paul’s Early Years Who is St. Paul of Tarsus? - The first systematic theologian and writer of the Christian Church. - He has been the most influential teacher in the history of Christianity. - He was the Christian Church's apostle to the Gentiles.


Paul's First Missionary Journey :Paul's First Missionary Journey Acts 13-14While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Acts 13:2


Mission in Antioch :Mission in Antioch Summary: On the Sabbath, Paul and Barnabas went to the synagogue. After the reading of the Law and the Prophets Paul stood up and addressed the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles that were assembled there. He began by giving the historical background of the Messiah, spoke of the ministry of John the Baptist and then told of the death and resurrection of the Saviour. Many of the Gentiles, upon hearing this, rejoiced and were saved. The Jews, however, aroused many of the city leaders against Paul and Barnabas and they were driven out of the city. They shook the dust off of their feet in protest and left for Iconium, still filled with joy and the Holy Spirit. The most important city of southern Galatia and included within its population a rich amalgam of Greek, Roman, oriental, and Phrygian traditions"


Paul's Second Missionary Journey :Paul's Second Missionary Journey Acts 15-18:22...Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. Acts 15:40-41


Athens :Athens Paul was brought to the Areopagus (meeting place): Paul began to speak about one of their objects of worship which was dedicated "to an unknown god." Paul began to tell them about a God that does not live in temples and doesn't need to be served by man, this God is the creator of life. He told them of God's planning of the human race and of man's need to seek him. When Paul began telling them of the resurrection of the dead, many sneared and didn't believe, but others invited him back to speak again. A few men became believers, among them being Dionysius and a woman named Damaris.


Paul's Third Missionary Journey :Paul's Third Missionary Journey After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and travelled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. Acts 18:23


Mission in Corinth :Mission in Corinth After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. Acts 18:1 It became the capital of the Roman province of Achaia...population...over 200,000..., local Greeks, freedmen from Italy, Roman army veterans, businessmen and governmental officials, and Orientals...including a large number of Jews...to corinthianize meant to be sexually immoral..."


Mission in Corinth :Mission in Corinth In Corinth, Paul met a Jew named Aquila and his wife, Priscilla. Paul went to see them and ended up staying with them and working for them as a tentmaker. On every Sabbath he went to the synagogue and reasoned with those there, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks. At this time Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia to join him in the ministry.


Mission in Corinth :Mission in Corinth But they opposed him and became abusive to him. He shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clear of my responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles." Paul then left the synagogue and began preaching next door at the home of Titius Justus, who was a worshiper of God. Many of the Corinthians believed and were baptized. One night, the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision, and comforted him, telling him not to be afraid and to keep preaching the gospel. The Lord reassured Paul that no harm would come to him, so he stayed for a year and a half teaching the word of God. Paul brought to court, charging him with teaching people to worship God in ways other than what the Law commanded.


He suffered for the Gospel :He suffered for the Gospel “Five times,” he told the Christians at Corinth, “at the hands of the Jews I received forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I passed a night and a day on the deep; on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own race, dangers from Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, dangers among false brothers, in toil and hardship, through many sleepless nights, through hunger and thirst, through frequent fastings, through cold and exposure” (2 Cor 11:24-27).


Chronology of Paul’s Epistles :Chronology of Paul’s Epistles First Thessalonians 52 AD Second Thessalonians 52 AD First Corinthians 57 AD Second Corinthians 57 AD Galatians 55-57 AD Romans 57-58 AD Ephesians 62 AD Philippians 62 AD Colossians 62 AD Philemon 63 AD Hebrews 64-65 AD Titus 64-65 AD First Timothy 64-65 AD Second Timothy 64-67 AD


Captivity :Captivity After being held prisoner for two years and after hearings before the council of priests, before the Roman procurator Felix and his successor Festus, before Herod Agrippa II, and again before Festus, he appealed to Rome on his citizen's right. So he was sent to Rome under guard. (Acts 21.27–28.31.) • On the way they were shipwrecked on Malta but finally landed at Puteoli (Puzzuoli). • Paul was imprisoned (A.D. 60) in Rome but was allowed to conduct his ministry among the Roman Christians and Jews who visited him. Paul's letters to the Ephesians, Collosians, Philemon, Titus, and Timothy may have been written while he was imprisoned in Rome.


Paul's Fourth Missionary Journey :Paul's Fourth Missionary Journey


Slide 39:• Eusebius of Caesarea states that Paul was beheaded in the reign of the Roman Emperor Nero. This event has been dated either to the year 64, when Rome was devastated by a fire, or a few years later to 67 at a place called Aquae Salviae (now Tre Fontane), near the Ostian Way. Paul died at the age of sixty-eight after having served the Lord for thirty-five years.


Slide 40:He was beheaded in Rome (Tre Fontane) in the year 67, under Emperor Nero.


Saint Paul: Pray for us! :Saint Paul: Pray for us!