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13 New Testament letters are Attributed to Saul of Tarsus, who later became known as Paul the Apostle. He was a violent persecutor of Christians until he had a revelation of Christ on the road to Damascus, and then he subsequently became the most devout follower of Jesus, and became responsible for converting the most Gentiles to Christianity in the 1st Century. [*Modern scholars only attribute 7 of the 13 letters to Paul; the rest they believe to be forgeries]
Is it possible that Seneca, the great Stoic philosopher, played a pivotal role in Paulās appeal to Caesar? Two important Saints who helped shape church history thought so, and the evidence is both more complicated and controversial than one might assume. During the time of Jesusā Passion, it was Pontius Pilate who was the governor of Judea. He served in that position from 26-36 AD. A couple decades later that position was held by Porcius Festus. He was the procurator from 5
Hatred is not something that you can see -- sure, the effects of hatred can be seen: vitriol, vandalism, violence ā but hatred itself is something that is only actually ever felt by the one who is filled with it, and never by the so-called ārecipientā of it. That is to say, hatred exists solely on an internal basis, and thus its full essence is practically invisible. And because of hatredās concealed nature, we donāt rightfully blame it for all of the trouble it actually caus