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Paul of Tarsus, formerly Saul was a Roman citizen from his father's side of the family. He acknowledged this fact before a Roman magistrate and a magistrate does not have the power to try a Roman citizen, so he was sent to Rome for a decision on his case.
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∙ 7y agoAnother answer from our community:
to convert people to Christianity. More to the point, Paul travelled to Rome to bring the news of the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles alike. Later, Paul was also escorted to Rome because, when brought to trila in front of the Governor Festus he had stated "I appeal to Caesar!" Because Paul was a Roman citizen, Festus was obliged to make arrangements for Paul to travel to Rome under escort.
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∙ 12y agoIn his epistles, Paul tells us that he planned to go to Rome and implies that he would then travel onwards to Spain. This is as good a reason as any for Paul to go to Rome, and Clement of Rome, writing around 95 CE (1 Clement) indicates that he believed Paul went to Spain and spent his remaining days there.
In Acts of the Apostles, written several decades after the death of Paul, he claimed the right of a Roman citizen to be tried in Rome. Paul was therefore sent to Rome, suffering a shipwreck on the way. A later Christian tradition, although without scriptural basis, is that Emperor Nero executed Paul in 64 CE.
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∙ 7y agoThe New Testament makes no mention of Peter ever travelling to Rome*, and there is not even any extra-biblical evidence that he did. It is merely tradition that Peter went to Rome, and on the basis of mere tradition we can never say why.
*1 Peter mentions "Babylon," a name by which Rome became known to Jews and Christians towards the end of the century. This refers to Rome's destruction of the Jerusalem temple in 70 CE, just as the Babylonians had destroyed the temple centuries earlier. This epistle was obviously not really written by Peter, who in any case is unlikely to have been alive by the time this description of Rome became current.
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∙ 9y agoBecause Jesus called Paul to be a special Apostle to the gentiles.
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Did Paul write Romans as a way of beginning a Church in Rome?
A:Paul wrote his Epistle to the Romans to a Christian community already established in Rome, so it could not have been his intention to begin a church in Rome. In that epistle, he expressed a desire to visit Rome on his way to Spain, and to preach his gospel to the church already existing in Rome. It seems likely that he did visit Rome on his way to Spain, but we have no way of knowing what his influence in Rome might have been.
What is the background of the book of Romans?
Here Paul was in Corinth and it was his third missionary journey , as he could not visit Rome he sent this letter to the people in Rome.
How did Cato's visit to the city of Carthage in 152 BC affect him?
The decadadence he observed reaffirmed his desire to eliminate Carthage as a competitor of Rome.
How was Christianity spread to Rome?
We do not know how or when Christianity first arrived in Rome, but Paul's Epistle to the Romans demonstrates a flourishing Christian community existed there when he proposed his visit to Rome, on his way to Spain.
Is it okay to have no desire to visit Asia?
I have no desire to visit Asia....I am OK with that.
Are there any records outside the Bible of Paul's visit to Rome and meeting with Nero?
There are no contemporary records outside the Bible that Paul even went to Rome, although it likely that he did. And even the Bible does not state that Paul ever met Nero. So there is no reliable record anywhere of such a meeting.
What areas of Mediterranean Europe did Paul the apostle visit?
Paul the apostle visited various areas of Mediterranean Europe including Greece, Italy, and possibly Spain. Some of the cities he visited are Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, and Rome, where he spread the teachings of Christianity.
Is it ok to have no desire to visit South America?
No, definitely not - it's not OK to have no desire to visit South America, This is a fascinating continent and well worth anyone's visit!
Is it ok to have no desire to visit Singapore?
Yes not everyone has to have the desire to go every where
Why did Saint Paul visit Rome?
A:In his Epistle to the Romans, at verse 15:24, Paul says that he that he would stop over in Rome on his way to Spain. He also hoped to visit Rome to spread the gospel there (verse 1:15). Indeed, the Muratorian Fragment states that Paul travelled from Rome to Spain, and Clement of Rome, writing about 96 CE (1 Clement), says that Paul lastly preached in the far reaches of the west (Spain), and Paul would surely have stopped over in Rome before proceeding to Spain. From these sources, it would appear that Paul made a commitment to visit Rome for the reasons stated, and kept that promise before travelling on to Spain.Acts of the Apostles, on the other hand, says that Paul was taken as a prisoner to Rome and spent to whole years there, under house arrest. This voyage seems to be a little early for the tradition that Nero had Paul executed in Rome in 65 CE, since it seems unlikely that Paul would have been tried, acquitted of the charges against him, freed and then later arrested and executed. However, the historicity of the execution tradition is not what is in question, but whether Paul went to Rome of his own free will or under arrest.The voyage and shipwreck described in Acts have been doubted by many theologians, including Hans Joachim Schoeps, who says (Das Judenchristentum) that Acts energetically cultivates the creation of legends and reshapes persons and events according to its own standards and that it has been believed much too readily. This does not mean that the account in Acts is proven to be wrong, but it is quite unlikely to have happened. Thus, we fall back on the reasons given by Paul himself.
Where did St. Paul die?
Paul was beheaded in Rome.
Why did Rome rather than Baghdad emerge as the capital of world Christianity?
Well, after Jesus death, Saul known as Paul was persecuting the Christians. After Jesus Christ appeared to him, he became a Christian. Now Paul was a natural born citizen of Rome, so whenever he had the chance he traveled to Rome. Possibly to visit his family. Now Paul was an evangelist and whenever he preached, most of the people he preached to became Christians. From there, the good news of Christianity was spread. That is why Rome is the capital of world Christianity.
