The Life and Prayers of Saint Paul the Apostle Quotes

“When they partook in purely Christian meetings, they would leave the synagogue and gather instead in the home of one of the congregationalists, where they could pray together, learn together, and share in the earliest truly Christian ritual: the Holy Communion, which in those days was celebrated through the sharing of a ritual meal.”
― Wyatt North, The Life and Prayers of Saint Paul the Apostle

“That the original Apostles had been chosen by Jesus during his life and mission mattered little to Paul.   These claims were viewed as terribly disrespectful by many in Paul's time, and dishonest by many others. Throughout his life, Paul would come to deal with the accusations that he was an Apostle only by the grace of Satan.”
― Wyatt North, The Life and Prayers of Saint Paul the Apostle

“there are several problems with the idea that Paul was a Roman citizen.   First, the way this is presented in Acts appears to be a literary device to add suspense; many readers find it improbable that Paul should wait until after he has been mistreated, even brutally beaten, for a long time to mention to anyone that he is a Roman citizen, and then even more unlikely that everyone should then believe him and fall over themselves to do him right.”
― Wyatt North, The Life and Prayers of Saint Paul the Apostle

“The dedicated seeker of Paul will also find several letters, including a fourth century forgery of the very warm correspondence between Paul and the Stoic philosopher Seneca, and prayers, as well as two travels to Heaven: the Apocalypse of Paul, a Catholic account that appears to have inspired Dante's Inferno, and the Coptic Apocalypse of Paul, a Gnostic text.”
― Wyatt North, The Life and Prayers of Saint Paul the Apostle

“The earliest work dedicated to the life of Saint Paul was written between 160 and 190 AD, and is mentioned by the famous 2nd century Christian author Tertullian. It was called the Acts of Paul and comes down to us, in its entirety, only in fragments.”
― Wyatt North, The Life and Prayers of Saint Paul the Apostle