Deus Paulus

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Giuseppe
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Deus Paulus

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Acts 19.15
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

If only Jesus was the deity adored by the Christians, then there would be no need to add:

And Paul I know

...contra factum that also the name of Paul shows the same magical power in exorcisms as the name of Jesus.


Hence the author of Acts betrayes a previous tradition where Paul was adored as a deity, too: possibly a deity even independent from the Jesus cult.
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