CHAPTER IV: THE TWO CONFERENCES AT JERUSALEM, AND THE DISPUTE AT ANTIOCH.

CONVERSION OF PAUL. HIS FIRST MISSION.

§ I. Saul of Tarsus--His Preparation and Conversion--His Preparation--Saul at Tarsus--He goes to Jerusalem--Is a disciple of Gamaliel--His sincerity--His zeal for the Law--His moral malady--His contact with Stephen--Saul the persecutor--Journey to Damascus--He is overthrown by the way--The three days at Damascus--Saul in Arabia--Return to Jerusalem--Saul at Antioch I Character of the Apostolate of St. Paul 95

§ II. St. Paul's first Journey--His first Companions--Conversion of Sergius Paulus--Paul at Antioch in Pisidia--His Sermon--Obduracy of the Jews--Paul and Barnabas at Lystra--Paul is stoned--Return of Paul 116

THE TWO CONFERENCES AT JERUSALEM, AND THE DISPUTE AT ANTIOCH.

§ I. The Two Conferences--Origin of Polemics--Difficulties in the Church at Antioch--The Private Conference--The Public Conference--Speech of Peter--Speech of Paul--Speech of James --Decisions of the Conference--It concludes with a Compromise 125

§ II. Dispute at Antioch
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First Century--Book Second.

SECOND PERIOD OF THE APOSTOLIC AGE.--THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH UP TO THE DEATH OF ST. PAUL, FROM A.D. 50 TO 65.