Preparing For the Year of St Paul

On the vigil of the Solemnity of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Pope Benedict XVI announced a special jubilee year dedicated to St Paul, which will begin June 28, 2008, and end June 29, 2009.  I have decided, in preparation for that event, to begin posting notes on the Epistles of Saint Paul.  By nature I am a terribly unsystematic person, seldom staying focused for too long on a given subject, as I am sure the three or four regular readers of this blog are aware.  It is, I think, time to turn over a new leaf, therefore, I have committed myself to this task and, hopefully, will be able to stick to it.

I will be looking at the letters of St Paul in their generally accepted chronological order.  Furthermore, I will be treating them all as genuine rather than holding some as deutero-Pauline, for I find the arguments against Pauline authorship of certain letters to be rather forced, highly speculative, and not altogether very convincing.

For Background on Paul:

Acts 7:58-59

Acts 9:1-30

Acts 11:25-30

Acts 13:1-28:31

Rom 11:1

1 Cor 15:8-11

2 Cor 11:22-12:12

Gal 1:11-2:14

Phil 3:4-6

1 Tim 1:6-18

2 Tim 3:10-11 

2 Tim 4:6-18

The Catholic Encyclopedia

The Journeys of Paul (protestant)

Paul’s life (protestant. This is part of a audio documentary series. You can also read the transcripts of the documentary)

A brief article from The Catholic Herald

Another brief article from EWTN

Father Mitch Pacwa (An audio series of 13 one-half hour shows)
Travel in biblical Times  (an article from SCRIPTURE FROM SCRATCH)

The Conversion of and its Influence on his understanding of Salvation by Faith (by Father J. Dupont)

Journeys of Paul (protestant)

The Letters of Paul and of the Pauline Tradition (protestant)

Paul and the Law (by Father John Paul Heil.  From THE BIBLE TODAY)

Christ, The Termination of the Law (Father John Paul Heil.  From THE CATHOLIC BIBLICAL QUARTERLY)

The Pre-Christian Paul (protestant. Barry D. Smith)

Paul’s Conversion (Protestant.  Barry D. Smith)

An Introduction to the Pauline Letters (by Father Henry Wansbrough)

The Life and Missionary Work of St Paul of Tarsus (Father Felix Just)

St Paul the Traveler and the Roman Citizen (Protestant.  W.M. Ramsey.  Online Book)

Paul and the City of Tarsus (Dim Bulb.  Sorry, couldn’t resist)

Paul’s Apostolic Career (Protestant.  Barry D. Smith)