Paul had been doing his best to hasten the coming of the Messiah; that was the good that he was trying to do. But in an overwhelming moment of truth, he realized that Jesus’s followers were absolutely right and that his persecution of their community had actually impeded the arrival of the Messianic Age. As if this were not enough, his violence had broken the fundamental principles of the Torah: love of God and love of neighbor. In his excessive ardor for the law’s integrity, he had forgotten God’s stern command: Thou shalt not kill. ― Karen Armstrong, St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate

Paul had been doing his best to hasten the coming of the Messiah; that was the good that he was trying to do. But in an overwhelming moment of truth, he realized that Jesus’s followers were absolutely right and that his persecution of their community had actually impeded the arrival of the Messianic Age. As if this were not enough, his violence had broken the fundamental principles of the Torah: love of God and love of neighbor. In his excessive ardor for the law’s integrity, he had forgotten God’s stern command: Thou shalt not kill.
― Karen Armstrong,

St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate

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