Would we still have the Paulinity (aka Christianity) that we have today? Or would we be following Jesus' teachings instead?
2007-12-03 16:01:02 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's been the main problem with Christianity over the years. Christians have accepted the parts of the New Testament written by Paul to be true, and use his teachings as fundamental elements of Christianity. Some of the stuff that is in modern Christianity was not even mentioned by Jesus Christ. It's sad how Christians base their faith on the teachings of one man who never even met Jesus Christ.
2007-12-03 16:03:58 · answer #1 · answered by Drew 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
My church, along with many others like Eastern Orthodox, practice Jesus' teachings and not Paul's. So not all of Christianity is Paulinity, Jesus' teachings are being followed by the few and far between.
2007-12-03 16:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There'd be jesus' teachings...no new religion that paul started.
That's why I'm wary of christianity, because it's mostly only about what Paul said, and he never even met jesus.
2007-12-03 16:05:31 · answer #3 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The writings of Paul positively overflowed with Paul's pet peeves and petty prejudices. I don't pay a whole lot of attention to him.
2007-12-03 16:20:10 · answer #4 · answered by irish1 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Paul's teachings are in complete agreement with the teachings of Christ. The problem is that many have taken single texts written by Paul and have attempted to make doctrine out of them. That is not how the bible instructs us as to establishing truth. We are to add precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little to establish truth. We are not to take a single text to establish truth in whole any more than we can take a single piece of a jig-saw puzzle and expect to understand the subject in whole.
2007-12-03 16:17:11 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. E 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The latter. But, he didn't obey Jesus, so Christianity was born. Most Christians don't understand this.
2007-12-03 16:03:41 · answer #6 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
What teachings of Jesus?
The writings of Paul pre-date the Gospels by decades. Which one do you think is closer to the original? Why?
2007-12-03 16:03:45 · answer #7 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Paul teaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ,,not sure why you dont understnd the teaching of Christ.
Gal. 1: 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
2007-12-03 16:11:17 · answer #8 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
It blows my mind how you can even sugest that some one who had a vision of the Son of God and was inturn called as his apostle did anything but what was revealed to him by God.
Either he was an apostle or he wasn't. If he wasn't than the bible is not the word of God and God is a liar. Your choice.
As for me I choose the Lord and all he has called as apostles and prophets and through them the many other leaders needed to run his church today.
2007-12-03 16:14:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Christianity is not a new religion. It continues from the old. The Old Testament saints look forward to the cross and the New testament saints look back to the cross
2007-12-03 16:04:02 · answer #10 · answered by jphpll 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋