He was born around 5-10 B.C. c.
He died around AD 67. C. (Traditional)
Paul of Tarsus, with the Jewish name Saulus Tarsus or Saulo Paulis and better known as Saint Paul (Tarsus, Cilicia 5-10 AD 3-Rome, 58-67), is called “apostle to the Gentiles”, “apostle to the nations” or simply “apostolic”.
Founder of Christian communities, evangelist in several major urban centers of the Roman Empire, including Antioch, Corinth, Ephesus, and Rome, and author of some of the earliest Christian canonical writings, including the oldest known epistle, the first letter to the Thessalonians—Paul is the prime example of an early Christian personality and one of the most influential figures in Christian history Based on analysis of his authentic letters, it appears that Paul of Tarsus united in his personality his Jewish roots, the great influence of the Greek culture about him, and his recognized communication with the Roman Empire, whose citizenship according to the book of Acts – he practiced. Paul used these conditions to establish several of the first Christian centers and to proclaim the character of Jesus Christ to both Jews and Gentiles. By not being part of the original circle of the twelve apostles and following paths marked by misunderstandings and misfortunes, Paul became a great architect in the construction and spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire, thanks to his talent, convictions and undeniably missionary work. . . His thought formed the so-called Pauline Christianity, one of the four main streams of early Christianity that would later create the biblical canon.
Of the so-called Pauline epistles, Romans, First and Second Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, First Thessalonians, and Philemon, Paul of Tarsus is almost undisputed as their author. Together with the book of the Acts of the Apostles, they are independent main sources, the exhaustive scientific-literary research of which allowed to confirm some of the dates of his life, to determine a relatively accurate and quite exact chronology of his activity. a complete description of his life. . passionate personality. His writings were unanimously accepted by all the Christian churches, from which old papyrus copies were obtained from 175 to 225. His figure, associated with the heyday of Christian experimental mysticism, inspires arts as diverse as architecture, sculpture, painting, literature and cinema, and has been an indispensable doctrine and spirituality of Christianity since its inception.
Those who persecuted and imprisoned Christians
Paul was one of those who persecuted Christians before the conversion of Christ and the encounter with the divinity of Christ.