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→Last years: Jesus was the founded of Christianity, not Paul - Paul himself was a follower of Jesus, ergo the statement is misleading / incomplete
Saint Paul was arrested (Acts 21:27- 28:31); he was accused of bringing Gentiles into the temple. Paul appealed to Caesar (his right as a citizen) and he was sent to Rome for a Roman trial. The Biblical account leaves off before the trial takes place. St. Paul was brought to Rome, but [[Nero]] was the Emperor and after the Rome fire where he blamed the Christians to deflect attention from himself, he was an ardent persecutor of the Christians, killing many. St. Paul was [[martyr|martyred]] near Rome at the Aquae Silviae. St. Dionysios the Corinthian says that St. Paul and St. Peter were martyred at “about the same time.” It is believed that St. Paul died aged 68 having served the Lord for some 35 years. <ref> [http://www.churchsaints.btinternet.co.uk/stpaul/stpaul.htm St. Paul] </ref>
Saint Paul was arrested (Acts 21:27- 28:31); he was accused of bringing Gentiles into the temple. Paul appealed to Caesar (his right as a citizen) and he was sent to Rome for a Roman trial. The Biblical account leaves off before the trial takes place. St. Paul was brought to Rome, but [[Nero]] was the Emperor and after the Rome fire where he blamed the Christians to deflect attention from himself, he was an ardent persecutor of the Christians, killing many. St. Paul was [[martyr|martyred]] near Rome at the Aquae Silviae. St. Dionysios the Corinthian says that St. Paul and St. Peter were martyred at “about the same time.” It is believed that St. Paul died aged 68 having served the Lord for some 35 years. <ref> [http://www.churchsaints.btinternet.co.uk/stpaul/stpaul.htm St. Paul] </ref>
St. Paul was a profound religious thinker; he has had an important formative influence in the development of Christianity. Since it was Paul's followers, and not those of Jesus, who were originally dubbed ''Christiani'', St. Paul may, in the light of the above, be regarded as the founder of modern [[Christianity]].
St. Paul was a profound religious thinker; he has had an important formative influence in the development of Christianity.
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