The Apostle Paul

Christianity As a World Religion

by

Dr. Donald Huber

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The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, USA

 

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Contents

1. Title page

2. Earliest known portrait of Paul, 3rd century fresco from Hypogeum of Aurelii, Rome

3. Paul's Letters

4. Conversion of St. Paul, by Michelangelo, 1542-45, in the Vatican

5. Roman road surface near Antioch

6. Late Antiquity

7. Ivory diptych with scenes from Life of St. Paul, 4th-5th c., Florence

8. Martyrdom of Paul 65 - 64 B.C. during Christian Persecution in Rome

9. Greek pottery, 6th c. B.C., Israel

10. Aramaic papyrus, 5th century B.C.

11. Sacrifice to the Lares of Augustus

12. The Apotheosis of Germanicus, Sardonyx Cameo, A.D. 1st c., Paris

13. Emperor Vespasian, A.D. 69 - 79

14. Ara Pacis, 9 B.C.

15. Plato, Roman copy of Greek original, 348 B.C.

16. Philo, 20 B.C. - A.D. 50, Alexandrian Platonist Jewish Scholar

17. Seneca: Roman Stoic Philosopher, 4 B.C. - A.D. 65

18. The Stoic Doctrine of Logos

19. Roman sarcophagus with Plotinus and pupils, A.D. 270, Vatican and Ivory casket with Christ and Apostles, A.D. 4th c., Brescia

20. Dead Sea Scrolls, 20 B.C. - A.D. 70: Messianic Yearnings

21. Scriptorium at Qumran

22. “Copper Scroll” from Qumran Cave III

23. Ruins of desert monastery of Qumram

24. Vergil’s Fourth Eclogue

 

 

25. Vergil’s Fourth Eclogue: Messianic Vision

26. Mystery Religion, Isis

27. Isis procession, from Temple of Isis in Rome, A.D. 1st - 2nd c.

28. Isis suckling Horus and Mary suckling Jesus

29. Bust of Mithras, found in London, A.D. 200

30. Mithraeum beneath St. Clemente, Rome, A.D. 3rd - 4th c.

31. Mithras sacrifices wild bull

32. Wall painting in the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompei, before A.D. 79

33. Mosaic with vintaging scene from Santa Costanza, Rome, A.D. 4th century

34. St. Hippolytus of Rome, A.D. 170-236

35. Agape Feast