Saint Pauls Church, Salisbury
Saint Pauls Road is named for Saint Paul’s Church. Saint Pauls Church replaced the Church of St Clements Way which was located on the other side of the railway, between Elizabeth Gardens and Churchfields.
Saint Paul traditionally wrote 14 of the books of the New Testament. Although he never met Jesus, it is probably fair to say that he had helped to define Christianity.
There’s an good podcast on the social and political contexts of Saint Paul’s life and work at:
John Dominic Crossan, In Search of Paul.
The speaker, John Dominic Crossan makes the point that the Roman Empire was underpinned by the doctrine that Caesar was divine and that therefore it was politically subversive to proclaim the divinity of anyone else.
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