Paul commanded a certain literary skill. He was well- versed in the common religious tongue of the Greek. He had also artistic and poetic talents. He employed all these in his writings about Christianity which were canonized and included in the Bible.
We find in them a new doctrine about Christ. We find the theological discourses of the sacraments and the rituals the believers have to perform. The death, resurrection, and incarnation replace even the very teachings of Christ.
Jesus always remained a Jew. But Paul the Jew became Paul the Christian. The founder of the sect, Jesus was a dreamer and preacher and never thought of establishing a new religion.. It was Paul who organized and built the foundations of a new religion. He introduced a new ethical code and for the spread of the religion and accepted much that was pagan.
He gave Christianity a universal meaning. He was the real founder of the new religion. He developed the idea that Christ was both divine and human.
The new religion was very much like the pagan religions of the time of Paul and he can be described as the founder of a new mystery religion ( Christianity).
He was the one who thought about Christ as a personal redeemer, savior or Lord through whom all mankind would be saved. These thoughts were all known to the mystery cults which easily assimilated the new ideas of Paul and thus Christianity spread very fast..
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