Who was Paul of Tarsus (i.e., St. Paul)?
Paul of Tarsus is believed to be the true founder of Christianity, or at least its primary advocate. He is believed to have been a Gnostic Christian who may have never believed in a human Christ, but spoke allegorically, about the latent seed, lying slumbering in our breasts. Paul wrote many letters to the early church and he often scolded them because they had forgotten his teachings about the “Christ consciousness” within. For Paul states: My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you! Letter to the Church in Galatia, Chapter 4: 19-20 And as stated earlier, Paul proclaims concerning the allegory: Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27 How easy it was for the early Christian movement to become lost in the political struggles of those times and forget about Paul’s retelling of this timeless allegory. Again, Paul talks about the allegorical