St Paul's Contributions to the Early Church:
St Paul had a massive positive impact on the early church. St Paul as a missionary established Christian communities and built churches in main cities such as Rome, Ephesus and Corinth. Many people were evangelized by Paul and his group proclaiming the gospel. By spreading the story of Jesus, Paul gave Jews and Gentiles guidance to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and open their hearts to God, love him and worship him. Pauls writings created key teachings about the nature of the church. He taught about the resurrection and Christs sacrifice for all humanity. St Pauls letters laid the foundations for a lot of the beliefs and practices evident in the Christian Church today. Pauls writings are foundational motives for baptism and Eucharist.
St Paul had a massive positive impact on the early church. St Paul as a missionary established Christian communities and built churches in main cities such as Rome, Ephesus and Corinth. Many people were evangelized by Paul and his group proclaiming the gospel. By spreading the story of Jesus, Paul gave Jews and Gentiles guidance to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and open their hearts to God, love him and worship him. Pauls writings created key teachings about the nature of the church. He taught about the resurrection and Christs sacrifice for all humanity. St Pauls letters laid the foundations for a lot of the beliefs and practices evident in the Christian Church today. Pauls writings are foundational motives for baptism and Eucharist.
‘If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal’ This passage from one of Pauls letters to the Corinthians sums up love as the key teaching for Christians and is more important than the practice of law. Paul also spread the teaching ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ because it is all Christs teachings summed up into one commandment. He challenged the early Christians to accept gentiles into the church fully. St Paul influenced theologians such as Martin Luther, Martin Luther studied Pauls letters to the galatians and the romans. His experience with his conversion continues to benefit poples lives by proving that with the guidance of God, people can change their way of life and change for the better. Paul made Christianity a universal faith, rather than a just a branch of Judaism.