Soul Invictus

I have failed to find anywhere in the NT that announces Jesus calling Paul to discipleship. I wouldn't imagine that he would, with him not having met him.

From whence did this idea come forth?

rlogan

Interesting point. Merriam webster lists "Paul the Obscure" as an apostle, but not a disciple (I defer to Peter Kirby's term for Paul)

Main Entry: dis·ci·ple
Pronunciation: di-'sI-p&l
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English discipul & Old French desciple, from Late Latin and Latin; Late Latin discipulus follower of Jesus Christ in his lifetime, from Latin, pupil
Date: before 12th century
1 : one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another: as a : one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ's followers according to the Gospel accounts b : a convinced adherent of a school or individual
2 capitalized : a member of the Disciples of Christ founded in the U.S. in 1809 that holds the Bible alone to be the rule of faith and practice, usually baptizes by immersion, and has a congregational polity
synonym see FOLLOWER
- dis·ci·ple·ship /-"ship/ noun




Main Entry: apos·tle
Pronunciation: &-'pä-s&l
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French & Old English; Old French apostle & Old English apostol, both from Late Latin apostolus, from Greek apostolos, from apostellein to send away, from apo- + stellein to send
Date: before 12th century
1 : one sent on a mission: as a : one of an authoritative New Testament group sent out to preach the gospel and made up especially of Christ's 12 original disciples and Paul b : the first prominent Christian missionary to a region or group
2 a : a person who initiates a great moral reform or who first advocates an important belief or system b : an ardent supporter : ADHERENT
3 : the highest ecclesiastical official in some church organizations
4 : one of a Mormon administrative council of 12 men
- apos·tle·ship /-"ship/ noun

I think sometimes people just get sloppy in calling Paul the Obscure a "disciple"

sharon45

Paul appointed himself and wrote much using his own personal opinions.

Soul Invictus

After re-reading my own OP, I see I errantly used both terms...one in the title of the thread, and one term in the thread itself, assuming the terms were equally interchangable!