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[[File:StPaul.jpg|thumb|alt=caption|Statue of Saint Paul, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome]] | [[File:StPaul.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|alt=caption|Statue of Saint Paul, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome]] | ||
The Ascended Master Hilarion was embodied as Saul of Tarsus, who became the apostle Paul after his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. | The Ascended Master Hilarion was embodied as Saul of Tarsus, who became the apostle Paul after his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. | ||
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It was from the city of Antioch that Paul was called to the first of his missionary journeys, which took him through the southern part of Asia Minor. Paul performed miracles and preached the gospel, but the Jews were angered by his preaching; in Lystra he was stoned and left for dead by a mob. | It was from the city of Antioch that Paul was called to the first of his missionary journeys, which took him through the southern part of Asia Minor. Paul performed miracles and preached the gospel, but the Jews were angered by his preaching; in Lystra he was stoned and left for dead by a mob. | ||
[[File:V&A - Raphael, St Paul Preaching in Athens (1515).jpg|thumb|upright=1. | [[File:V&A - Raphael, St Paul Preaching in Athens (1515).jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|alt=caption|''Saint Paul Preaching in Athens'', Raphael (1515)]] | ||
Paul’s second journey took him farther through Asia Minor and across the Aegean Sea, where he established Christianity’s first foothold in Europe with the formation of a church in the Roman colony of Philippi in Macedonia. | Paul’s second journey took him farther through Asia Minor and across the Aegean Sea, where he established Christianity’s first foothold in Europe with the formation of a church in the Roman colony of Philippi in Macedonia. | ||