Taws wrote:
Saul's letters were written before the "four gospels" and the gospels were modified to reflect "Paul's" gospel.
Taws
Your post shows that you have an extreme limited knowledge of the writings of antiquity. Please get familiar with the writings of antiquity before you attempt to make statements about the Pauline Corpus.
It was the Johanine and Pauline writers who MODIFIED the Jesus story and made Jesus EQUAL to God and God Creator.
In the early stories of Jesus, he was NOT EQUAL to God and was NOT the Creator.
See gMark
1. No Christian writer of antiquity who used the Pauline Corpus claimed it was composed before the Gospels.
2. The Pauline Corpus is always placed AFTER the Gospels in all early Codices.
3. The Pauline Corpus only makes sense AFTER the Gospels.
4. Paul persecuted people who believed the Jesus story so it is virtually impossible for the Jesus story to have been initiated by Paul.
5. Saul/Paul was involved or had knowledge of the killing of Stephan in Acts. Stephan preached Christ crucified and was stoned to death.
6. Peter preached that the resurrected Jesus was killed by the Jews BEFORE Saul preached Christ crucified and resurrected.
7. Paul claimed that there were SCRIPTURES already composed that
Jesus died four OUR sins, was buried and resurrected on the third day.. ONLY New Testament Scripture state Jesus died for OUR sins, was buried and resurrected on the THIRD day.
See 1 Corinthians 15.
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Paul claimed that Peter was commissioned to preach the Gospel. The disciples were commissioned to preach the Gospel ONLY in the story of Jesus in the Gospels and BEFORE Paul.
See Galatians 2
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Paul knew of stories found ONLY in the Gospels. Paul claimed that Jesus was DELIVERED UP in the night after the Last Supper.
See 1 Corinthians 11
10. Up to the late 3rd century, there were Christians writers who knew NOTHING of the Pauline Corpus like Aristides, Justin Martyr, Theophilus of Antioch, Athenagoras, Minucius Felix, and Arnobius.
11. The author of Acts mentioned Saul/Paul over 130 TIMES and wrote about Saul/Paul almost exclusively from Acts 16-28 and never once claimed Paul wrote any Epistles to Churches.
12. The author of gMark knew NOTHING of the Pauline Gospel that there was NO remission of sins unless Jesus was resurrected.
13. The author of gMark did NOT know the Pauline Jesus who was equal to God.
14. The author of gMark did NOT know the Pauline Jesus who was a Savior of all mankind.
15. The author of gMark claimed Jesus preached the Gospel that the Kingdom of God was at hand---Not salvation by the resurrection.