St. Paul
St. Paul
St. Paul, also known as Paul the Apostle or Saul of Tarsus (c. AD 5 – c. AD 65), was an early Christian missionary and theologian and one of the most influential figures in the history of Christianity. A devout Pharisee and Roman citizen, he at first opposed the followers of Jesus. According to the Acts of the Apostles, his life changed on the road to Damascus, when a vision of the risen Christ led to his conversion. Paul then devoted himself to spreading the Gospel, traveling across Asia Minor and Greece and founding churches in cities such as Corinth, Philippi and Ephesus. His letters, including Romans, Galatians and First Corinthians, with its celebrated passage on love, make up much of the New Testament and remain central to Christian thought. Honored as the "Apostle to the Gentiles," he is held by tradition to have been martyred in Rome.
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Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. King David united the tribes of Israel and made Jerusalem his capital, and his son Solomon, famed for his wisdom, built the First Temple there. The Gospels trace the lineage of Jesus Christ to David, and the apostle Paul carried Christ's teachings across the Roman world.
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St. Paul carried the Christian message across the Roman world on his missionary journeys. Centuries later, David Livingstone combined mission work with exploration in southern and central Africa, and Hudson Taylor founded the China Inland Mission. Albert Schweitzer established a hospital at Lambaréné in present-day Gabon, and Mother Teresa devoted her life to the poor of Calcutta.
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