Paul
Letters[edit]
Paul was in close embrace with Christ[edit]
"Judas Iscariot was for a long time favored in the holy court of His Holiness Christ, yet he was entirely far and remote; while Paul, the apostle, was in close embrace with His Holiness."
St. Paul responsible for (mistaken) belief in monasticism[edit]
"Asceticism is not necessary. A soul grows by the exercise of human virtues and the observance of human morals and by divine favor. The extreme asceticism of the saints was superstition. The monasticism of the Christian church was mistaken. St. Paul was responsible for much of this because in one of his epistles he praises those who do not marry and prophesied that sects would arise which would not marry. St. Paul disapproved of marriage. But God did not give us good gifts that we should reject them. He created all these blessings that His servants may bless Him."
- (Attributed to Abdul-Baha, article in Fortnightly Review, June, 1911, by Miss E. S. Stevens, in Star of the West, volume 8, issue 6, p. 60)
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