The Beginning of Paul's Ministr

IV
Beginning of Ministry

Prof. M. M.
Ninan
The Beginning of Paul's
Ministry

“The builder and the Architect of the Church”

Liturgy of St.Jacob
Returned to Damascus (Gal. 1:17)
Returned to Damascus (Gal. 1:17)

Acts 9:19 – 25
baffled
the Jews living in Damascus
by proving that

Jesus is the Christ

Preaches in the synagogues--Acts 9:20-22

Paul began to preach the gospel

"boldly in the name of Jesus" (Acts 9:27),
Jews plotted to kill him.
Paul in
Damascus
Jews plotted to kill him

Acts 9:25; 2 Cor. 11:33

Paul in
Damascus
 Jews plotted to kill him
Kanissat Bab Kisan is, in
English, Chapel of St.
Paul. It is a gate at the
southeastern part of the
Old City where, tradition
says, Saul was lowered in
a basket to escape the
Nabatean governor.

Acts 9:20-31
The reference 2 Corinthians to Aretas, the Nabatean king,
fixes the date of Saul’s conversion between 34 and 37 AD.
Inside the relatively small and simple church there are a
couple of relief sculptures illustrating the two great
moments in the life of Paul.
Paul went to Jerusalem to meet the
Apostles.(Acts 9:26).

Damascus

Jerusalem
Act 9:26 And when he had come to Jerusalem he
attempted to join the disciples
Barnabas persuaded the Jerusalem community
to accept Paul as a disciple. He preached boldly
in Jerusalem. Act 9:27-29
Jew from the Island of Cyprus: Apostle
Joseph, the Levite
uncle of John Mark (Col 4:10)
 3 12 70 150

Clement of Alexandria
(Titus Flavius Clemens)
and
Eusebius of Caesarea

says that Barnabas

was one of the seventy Disciples
 3 12 70 150

but Acts (4: 36-37) favours the opinion

that he was converted to Christianity
shortly after Pentecost (about A.D. 29 or
30) and immediately sold his property and
devoted the proceeds to the Church.
Barnabas is traditionally considered the founder of the
Cypriot church and to have been martyred at Salamis c.
61.
 The ancient
Cypriot Orthodox Church
is one of the sixteen independent
('autocephalous')
Eastern Orthodox churches,
The bishop of the capital,
Salamis (Constantia),
was constituted metropolitan
by Emperor Zeno,
with the title of archbishop.
 This independent position by ancient custom was
recognized, against the claims of the
Patriarch of Antioch, at the Council of Ephesus (431
CE), and by an edict of the Byzantine emperor Zeno.

Some say he founded the see of Milan.

Tertullian says that Barnabas, not Paul,

wrote
the epistle to the Hebrews
Paul preached in Jerusalem for three
weeks and had to go away.
Galatians 1:18-20 Then after three years I did
go up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed
with him fifteen days; but I did not see any other
apostle except James the Lord’s brother.

•Sts. Peter and Paul from the gravestone of the boy

Asellus ---Christus Rex
•The Embrace of Sts. Peter and Paul in the
Vatopedi Monastery, Mt. Athos
Peter and Paul shared their common experience.
 James, brother of Jesus.
The first bishop of Jerusalem.
Acts. 9:30 He now returned to his home in
Tarsus (Gal. 1:21), where, for probably
about three years, we lose sight of him.

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Cornelius
of Caesarea
Acts 10:1-48
Meanwhile Paul poured into the scriptures.
Church center moves to
Antioch. ACTS 11:19-26
Apostles send Barnabas to Antioch
Alalah, Antakieh, Antakya,
Antioch by Daphne, Antiochea,
Antiocheia, Antiochia, Haleb-al-Shabba,
Poseidium, Seleucia, Theopolis

ANTIOCH
The neo-convert Saul is welcomed
into the apostolic community
(Acts 9:27).
Four years later Barnabas enlists
the aid of Saul for the task of
guiding and directing the newly
established Christian community at
Antioch
(Acts 11:19-26),
Barnabas brought Saul into
Antiochian ministry. Act. 11:25 -
It was in Antioch, that believers were first called
Christians.
Act. 12:26
 Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius became Bishop of Antioch around AD 69.
He was arrested by soldiers loyal to Emperor Trajan
during a time when Christians were being actively
persecuted. After his arrest, he was sent to Rome to
be executed by means of wild beasts. As the legend
is told, Ignatius's faith remained steadfast, as he
continued to loudly call upon Jesus' name as he was
being torn to pieces.
Antioch sends famine relief to Jerusalem in
the hands of Barnabas and Paul.

Act 12:27-30
The Apostle Paul
A.D. 5 Born in Tarsus
A.D. 35 Converted on the road to
Damascus
A.D. 35-38 Ministers in Arabia and
Damascus (Gal. 1:17)
A.D. 38 Visits Jerusalem (Gal. 1:18)
A.D. 38-43 Ministers in Syria and
Tarsus (Gal. 1:21)
A.D. 43-46 Serves in Antioch with
Barnabas