What is the apostle Paul's major contribution to Christian thought?

Question

What was his beliefs about the eschaton, his teachings about the nature and function of Christolgy, and his doctrine of justification by faith?

Answer 1

You want all those answers in here? lol, you're looking for a treatise.

Here's my take:

Point of clarification: Paul's theology came as a result of direct revelation from the Lord (cf. Galatians 1).

1. Paul's eschatological contribution is on the certainty of the Lord's return with qualifying conditions that precede that return: the apostasia and the revelation of the man of sin (antichrist). Apparent misunderstanding on the part of the recepients, from his first epistle to the Thessalonians was corrected in his second letter to them. Christian affliction (thlypsis) will come to an end with the return of Christ to punish those who tribulate His Church (cf. 2 Thess 1). His return will be a glorious display of power, glory and sovereignty.

2. Paul's christological contributings are absolutely significant, but not unique to the apostolic circle. John, too, presents a high christology. Paul emphasizes the deity of Christ in several places (Colossians 1:13-18, Philippians 2:5ff, etc). Christ is presented as ruler of creation; Creator and Sustainerof the universe; Head of the Body, the Church; Redeemer and Savior of the world.

3. The Church cannot ignore Paul's teachings on justification by faith. This great doctrine resounds throughout his epistles. Romans and Galatians are the great epistles on this doctrine. The influence of this doctrine in the history of Christianity cannot be overstated. Paul's justification by faith must be understood in the light of a subsequent and expected transformation of those justified (e.g., 2 Corinthians 5:17). Paul does not ignore good works, but places them in proper perspective.

Note: just quickly shooting from the hip, so to speak. Time and space does not permit a larger response.

Answer 2

MAJOR proclamation:

Jesus, delivered for our offences and raised for our justification.
Romans 4:24 & 25

As for the eschaton, Christology, etc. -- perhaps you should write what St. Paul wrote. Also, as for the doctrine of justification by faith, you might read what Martin Luther wrote, what the Moravian Brethren wrote, and what the Rev. John Wesley wrote concerning St. Paul's doctrine.

Answer 3

St. Paul is a person named Saul, who skilled Christ Jesus in a imaginative and prescient after the loss of life of Jesus at the Cross. He changed from a persecuter or Christians right into a follower of Jesus, Risen from the useless. He describes the lifetime of the early Christians and the neighborhood in which the Holy Spirit guided them by way of the apostles, by way of Paul himself, and the disciples of St. Paul. Contributions: one million. The Life within the Risen Lord and Holy Spirit. two. The Life within the Early Christian Community. These are good offered within the Acts and Letters of St. Paul.

Answer 4

Pauline Christianity is heavy on the idea that salvation comes from faith that Jesus was the messiah, that you give your soul over to him and through that alone you will be saved. It was on mostly his works that the idea of the Trinity is based, as he believed Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit were all on equal footing (Col 1:16–17).

He was also a strong proponent of an apocalypse within his lifetime, that the world he lived in was "passing away", and that everyone would be judged when that time came. His other writings that said everyone would be judged by works seem to be overshadowed by his enthusiasm for converting Gentiles. It's easier to just "believe" than it is to live by Jesus's words.

Answer 5

Justification by faith wasn't his doctrine, it was God's doctrine. Paul taught what God showed him. His major contribution was in ministering to gentiles, and showing that Christ died for them as well. His thesis on the Jews in Romans chapters 9-11 totally refutes replacement theology.

Answer 6

The apostle Paul contributed nothing. The entire New Testament is the books of Moses modernized for that time. The Synoptics also show why Jesus came, so that the chaff might be burned (poetic way of saying that Hell is open now). That is why Jesus came.

Answer 7

Paul's contribution is major because it was Paul who received the revelation of the New Covenant and sharing the gospel with the Gentiles. He didn't receive it from anyone else because He first persecuted Christians. It was he who had to teach it to the original disciples.

Answer 8

I would need 2 days and 50,000 characters to reply adequately to these "meaty" questions.... so I will just answer your first question: Other than the most important topic Paul orated, which is salvation in CHRIST alone, his many and repeated warnings about polluting the grace of GOD with law would be his second most notable topic...
~GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU~

Answer 9

his doctrine on faith.