Tuesday, February 19, 2013

The conversion of St. Paul has for long been regarded as weighty evidence for the truth of Christianity

"It is reasonable to believe that the evidence which convinced such a man (St. Paul) of the outandout wrongness of his former course, and led him so decisively to abandon previously cherished beliefs for a movement which he had so vigorously opposed, must have been of a singularly impressive quality. The conversion of Paul has for long been regarded as a weighty evidence for the truth of Christianity. Many have endorsed the conclusion of the eighteenth century statesman George, Lord Lyttelton, that 'the conversion and apostleship of St. Paul alone, duly considered, was of itself a demonstration sufficient to prove Christianity to be a divine revelation.'"

Source: The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable, 5th edition (1959) by F.F. Bruce, Chapter 6: The Importance of Paul's Evidence, page 37.

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