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Did early Christians deny Paul's role as a genuine apostle? If so, how did he become accepted?
Reading the NT, (Romans 1:1, Galatians 1-2, 1 Corinthians 9:1–3), a lot of energy is spent on defending Paul's status as an apostle.
Why doth Paul protest? Was his status as a apostle something that needed to be defended against early Christian critics? What's the academic perspective on the continuity of teachings from Christ to Paul?
u/Saint_Jules_Ferry — 11 hours ago