Intriguing exercise

[kerry]

To test out something I came across last night, I read, in chronological order, the epistles of St. Paul. It's true, none of those letters show any acquaintance with the teachings of Jesus, his travels, his history or his parables. Jesus appears as a dying and resurrecting god with the exception of the last supper which is obviously an existing ritual when Paul writes about it. It seems clear that Paul must not have read any of the materials that ended up in the gospels. Why didn't I figure this out decades ago? I think I must have been misled by the canonical order.

Give it a try someone, it's an enlightening exercise. Whoever the historical Jesus was, his life and teachings seem completely irrelevant to St. Paul. What matter is his death and resurrection. Not much else except the last supper.

Makes a person wonder why the gospels were written if all the churches Paul started got by without them.