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SAUL OF TARSUS,
OR,
PAUL AND SWEDENBORG.
Ο δε ἐχθρὸς ὁ σπείρας αὐτὰ ἔστιν ὁ διάβολος.
Matthew xiii. 39.
BY A LAYMAN.
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE,
14 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON; AND 20 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH.
LONDON: MITCHELL AND HUGHES, PRINTERS,
24 WARDOUR STREET, W.
CONTENTS.
FOREWORDS.
The Pauline Epistles no part of the Word of God ......
BOOK FIRST.
REVEALED RELIGION.
CHAPTER I.
Revelation Inspiration - The Word of God Indis-
pensable what constitutes it - The Internal
Sense The Holy Spirit-The Ancient Word-
Correspondences-Illustration ....
CHAPTER II.
The Preacher's Illumination Clergy and Laity—
Ordination does not convey Spiritual authority
CHAPTER III.
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Special Illumination. Section 1. Saul of Tarsus.
Second 2. Emanuel Swedenborg
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BOOK SECOND.
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.
CHAPTER IV.
Time and Authorship of the "Acts"-Descent of the
Holy Spirit" Acts" not by Luke the Evangelist
-A Compilation of Fact and Fable of the Second
Century-Strong Pauline Bias
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CHAPTER V.
Conversion of Saul of Tarsus: irreconcilable contradic-
tions-The Rising of Theudas-An Anachronism
CHAPTER VI.
The Ebionites-The First Gospel-Circumcision or
Baptism, or Both-Circumcision not of Moses-
The Antioch Pact........
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CHAPTER VII.
Miracles of Peter and of Paul
CHAPTER VIII.
Simon Magus or Paul?-The first Heresiarch-The
Clementine Homilies and Recognitions, really
against Paul...............
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85
BOOK THIRD.
THE APOSTLE OF THE GENTILES.
CHAPTER IX.
Education of Saul-Tarsus-His personal Character
and appearance
CHAPTER X.
A Persecutor of Christ-The Prophecy of Jacob-
Jerusalem; a temple-riot-Saul of Tarsus-The
enemy ὁ ἐχθρός Flight of the Nazarenes to
Jericho-M. Ernest Renan's summary of the tra-
ditionary scandals against Paul.
CHAPTER XI.
Converted to Christ Damascus Dissensions at
- Saul's Mission to the Gentiles wants
Antioch
authentication-Visited especially the Israelites dis-
persed among the Gentiles-The Eleven sent to all
nations-Paul never sent by Christ to the Gentiles
-No fixed Pauline Chronology-From the death
of Stephen to his own reputed martyrdom about
30 years; from about 34 A.D. to 64. ... 113
CHAPTER XII.
Apostle and Missionary-From Saul he becomes Paul
-Paphos-The Galatians-Separation of Paul
and Barnabas-Mark the Evangelist-The Epistle
of Barnabas Timothy circumcised Lydia of
Thyatira-Philippi-To the "Unknown God," at
Athens-Corinth-Ephesus-The Nicolaitans.
CHAPTER XIII.
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Jerusalem - Repudiation - The incensed Nazarenes
raise another temple-riot-The Sanhedrin-Paul
sent a prisoner to Cæsarea-The Collection for the
"Poor Saints" Brought before Agrippa, he
appeals to Cæsar-Rome: his supposed martyr-
dom there-Time, manner, and place, of Paul's
death wholly unknown.
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BOOK FOURTH.
PAULINISM NOT CHRISTIANITY.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Law, dead! The Decalogue or the Ritual, or
both?
CHAPTER XV.
Sin transgression of Law?-Paulinism-The Pauline
Epistles, genuine and spurious: seven genuine?
seven spurious?.
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