Paul and other apostles

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Actually, I did a search for simply “Paul” and got gibberish threads.
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It seems to me that if you’d search for his letters you’d get more hits.

Please, take notice that we Catholics usually don’t refer to each book author, rather to the NT as whole message by the Holy Spirit. We won’t say “as St. Mark said” or “as St. James said”. Rather, we’ll mention the sentences and where they can be found.

What probably lies deeper in Protestant minds, with their free examen, that the author of a NT book is actually its author, whereas we Catholics consider one and only author, the Holy Spirit.

Or am I way off here?
 
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I was just thinking about Paul. AND, does he ever mention that Peter is the “head of the church?”

Seems like Peter gets all the ‘glory’ and somehow the designation of man in charge. . yet all I remember of Paul from Catholic grade school is hearing about the “conversion of Saul”

Seems a bit one sided.
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I was thinking the very same things 🙂 . With Paul’s letters to the churches scattered throughout the mediterranean world you would think he would speak volumes of Peter and would be highly spoken of. Though I do understand they had some differences personally they respected each other. What’s interesting is that in his letter to the Corinthians he tells them to expel the immoral brother who was having relations with his father’s wife. He also gave some pretty definite guidelines for church leadership and roles and functions for members (i.e. his letters to Timothy and references throughout his epistles regarding teachers, prophets, evangelists, etc. like in Eph. 4:11).

Let me reiterate what I had posted earlier about Peter and Paul. I love St. Peter in that he was by nature an impulsive person. It seems he was always the first one to speak up whenever a question was raised. In Luke 5:8 Peter humbly admits to Jesus that he is a sinner while on his knees. He was a sincere, zealous disciple of Christ. I admire him. I also admire Paul and his sincerity and commitment to the gospel. Also, the other apostles did great and wonderful things.

They were all given power to heal, raise the dead and preach with conviction the very gospel Christ commanded them to preach. I think they get shortchanged by Christians generally and Catholics specifically and it should change.
 
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It seems to me that if you’d search for his letters you’d get more hits.
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Good point! I will try that.
Please, take notice that we Catholics usually don’t refer to each book author, rather to the NT as whole message by the Holy Spirit. We won’t say “as St. Mark said” or “as St. James said”. Rather, we’ll mention the sentences and where they can be found.
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What probably lies deeper in Protestant minds, with their free examen, that the author of a NT book is actually its author, whereas we Catholics consider one and only author, the Holy Spirit.

Or am I way off here?
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free examen?? I think I would agree with you here. I personally see the whole Bible (Catholic and protestant Bibles) as one continuum throughout. The same message is played over and over. Absolutely, the Holy Spirit directed all those men to write what they did - that’s why even over the many years and books compiled together there is such cohesiveness. That cohesiveness (in my frail mind) is the Holy Spirit’s work. I believe we are saying the same thing 🙂 yes.
 
Originally, the question was why isn’t Paul found in many posts on this site.

I will offer my own opinion. Paul wrote only 25% of the New Testament ( based on nubers of pages).

Paul was a highly educated Jew who seemed to have the proclivity to write more than the original Apostles. Peter used Mark as a scribe.
About half of the Apostles are not represented in writing. Why did Paul wrote one-forth of the NT? Why was it that his writtings were accepted as cannonical?

One of my sons chose Paul for a conformation name, but I put Paul behind St. Peter as authoritative. Paul is interested in more detail. The Protestants love to quote Paul.:tiphat:
 
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Originally, the question was why isn’t Paul found in many posts on this site.

I will offer my own opinion. Paul wrote only 25% of the New Testament ( based on nubers of pages).

Paul was a highly educated Jew who seemed to have the proclivity to write more than the original Apostles. Peter used Mark as a scribe.
About half of the Apostles are not represented in writing. Why did Paul wrote one-forth of the NT? Why was it that his writtings were accepted as cannonical?

One of my sons chose Paul for a conformation name, but I put Paul behind St. Peter as authoritative. Paul is interested in more detail. The Protestants love to quote Paul.:tiphat:
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In my post #12 I spoke of the percentages and pages, etc. that have been thrown around various posts, so I won’t reiterate here.

I think Paul’s writings were considered canonical partly because of the vast amount of writings and his pastoral authority in his letters.

Yes, protestants love to quote Paul. I don’t think because they love him more than anyone else. It’s simply that Paul wrote more books and doctrines than any other apostle or Christian - period.
 
silence??? I expected more from those who are much more learned than me.
 
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