Acts of Paul 📜 Acts of Paul and Thecla (untold in the Bible!)
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- The Acts of Saint Paul (written about ca. 160-180 AD) narrated by Joe D. Translated by Bernhard Pick in 1909. This is Librivox recording and is in public domain - librivox.org/. The Acts were first mentioned by Tertullian (d. 240 AD). Tertullian found it heretical because it encouraged women to preach and baptize. The Acts were considered orthodox by Hippolytus (d. 235 AD) but were eventually regarded as heretical when the Manichaeans (4th cen. AD) started using the texts. The author of the Acts of Paul is unknown and wrote out of respect for Paul in Asia Minor. The author does not show any dependency on the canonical Acts but uses oral traditions of Paul's missionary work.
The text is primarily known from Greek manuscripts. The discovery of a Coptic version of the text demonstrated that the text was composed of
1) 0:00:15 The Acts of Paul and Thecla
2) 0:45:51 The Epistle of the Corinthians to Paul and the Third Epistle to the Corinthians
3) 0:54:51 The Martyrdom of Paul - his death at the hand of Nero
All of these constituent parts were often considered worth treating as separate texts and frequently appeared independently, although scholars agree that they were originally part of the Acts of Paul. Besides the four main sections mentioned above, the remainder of the Acts exist only in fragments from the 3rd and 5th centuries:
The healing of Hermocrates from dropsy
The strife of the Ephesian beasts
The texts are a coherent whole and are generally thought to have been written by one author using oral traditions, rather than basing it on any of the other apocrypha or the orthodox canon. The main emphasis of the text is on Chastity and anti-Gnosticism. According to Tertullian, the author was a priest in Asia Minor. While the priest encouraged female ministry, he expressed doctrinal orthodoxy in regard to continence and Resurrection. Also, they mentioned the close relationship of sexual purity and salvation.
The Epistle of the Corinthians to Paul and the Third Epistle of the Corinthians both appear in some editions of the Armenian Bible.
ACTS OF PAUL AND THECLA:
The Acts of Paul and Thecla is a 2nd-century text (circa AD 180) which forms part of the Acts of Paul but also circulated separately. According to the text, Thecla was a young noble virgin from Iconium who listened to Paul's "discourse on virginity", espoused the teachings and became estranged to both her fiancé, Thamyris, and her mother. She sat by her window for three days, listening to St. Paul and his teachings. When they witnessed this, they became concerned that Thecla would follow Paul's demand "one must fear only one God and live in chastity" and turned to the authorities to punish both Paul and Thecla.
Thecla was miraculously saved from burning at the stake by the onset of a storm and traveled with Paul to Antioch of Pisidia. There, a nobleman named Alexander desired Thecla and attempted to rape her. Thecla fought him off, tearing his cloak and knocking his coronet off his head in the process. She was put on trial for assault. She was sentenced to be eaten by wild beasts but was again saved by a series of miracles, when the female beasts (lionesses in particular) protected her against her male aggressors. While in the arena, she baptized herself by throwing herself into a nearby lake full of aggressive seals.
She rejoined the Holy Apostle Paul in Myra, traveled to preach the word of God and became an icon encouraging women to imitate her by living a life of chastity and following the word of the Lord. She went to live in Seleucia in Cilicia. According to some versions of the Acts, she lived in a cave there for 72 years. However, she passed the rest of her life in Maaloula, a village in Syria. She became a healer, performed many miracles, but remained constantly persecuted. The story goes, as her persecutors were about to get her, she called out to God and a new passage was opened in the cave, and the stones closed behind her. The passage and caves are still found in Maaloula which became a very important site for pilgrims. She was able to go to Rome and lie down beside Paul's tomb.
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Beatitudes of Paul
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The Acts of Paul and Thecla 1 (Apocryphal New Testament)
"Then Paul went to the house of Onesiphorus, and there was great joy among the family on that account; and they employed themselves in prayer, breaking bread, and hearing Paul preach the word of God concerning temperance and the resurrection, in the following manner:
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are they who keep their flesh undefiled, for they shall be the temple of God.
Blessed are the temperate, for God will reveal himself to them.
Blessed are they that abandon their secular enjoyments, for they shall be accepted of God.
Blessed are they who have wives, as though they had them not, for they shall be made angels of God.
Blessed are they who tremble at the word of God, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are they who keep their baptism pure, for they shall find peace with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Blessed are they who pursue the doctrine of Jesus Christ, for they shall be called the sons of the Most High.
Blessed are they who observe the instructions of Jesus Christ, for they shall dwell in eternal light.
Blessed are they, who for the love of Christ abandon the glories of the world, for they shall judge angels, and be placed at the right hand of Christ, and shall not suffer the bitterness of the last judgment.
Blessed are the bodies and souls of virgins, for they are acceptable to God and shall not lose the reward of their virginity, for the word of their Father shall prove effectual to their salvation in the day of his Son, and they shall enjoy rest forevermore."
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Did you know..
Paul preached a list of beatitude's as recorded in a book called "The Acts of Paul and Thecla":
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Powerful! Yahushua is indeed our refuge, fortress and strength in hour of need.
The reason we see so much interest in this sort of fabulous tale is because it promotes ideas at odds w/the rest of scripture.
What a great piece of literature - amazing narration 😎
I am thankful for PilgrimX's videos. These days, anything that is said or anything that I read has no real meaning to me unless God testifies to it. If something really is from God and we receive it, it will bring long term fruit. When men write or speak, it is the testimony of man. If God really was or is behind it, God can testify to His own work, just like God can reveal things in nature. Scholars, gurus, philosophers, preachers, biblical teachers, priests etc comes out with a testimony but it is all foolishness to God for only HE is wise. It is ALL "man's" testimony but God is greater than man's testimony. Let him who has ears..
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friendly regards Frank
Thanks. Merry Christmas to you too!
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WOMEN CAN BE SAVED
Dear Women,
We do not live in the world you think we do... This is why we need Jesus:
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Genesis 6:4 (Canonical Old Testament)
"The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this) when the sons of God [rebel/fallen angels] were having sexual relations with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children..."
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Book of Enoch 19:1-3 (Apocryphal Old Testament)
"And Uriel said to me: 'Here shall stand the angels [rebel/fallen angels] who have connected themselves with women, and their spirits assuming many different forms are defiling mankind and shall lead them astray into sacrificing to demons as gods, (here shall they stand,) till the day of the great judgement in which they shall be judged till they are made an end of. And the women also of the angels who went astray shall become sirens.' And I, Enoch, alone saw the vision, the ends of all things: and no man shall see as I have seen."
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1 Corinthians 11:10 (Canonical New Testament)
"On account of the angels [rebel/fallen angels], then, a woman should have a covering over her head to show that she is under her husband's authority."
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1 Timothy 2:9-15 (Canonical New Testament)
Paul: "I want women to show their beauty by dressing in appropriate clothes that are modest and respectable. Their beauty will be shown by what they do, not by their hair styles or the gold jewellery, pearls, or expensive clothes they wear. This is what is proper for women who claim to have reverence for God. A woman must learn in silence, in keeping with her position. I don't allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. Instead, she should be quiet. After all, Adam was formed first, then Eve. Besides that, Adam was not deceived. It was the woman who was deceived and sinned. However, she [and all women] will be saved through the birth of the child (through the redemptive work of the incarnation [of Messiah Jesus]), if they lead respectable lives in faith, love, and holiness."
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The Acts of Thomas 12 (Apocryphal New Testament)
Jesus: "Know this, that if you abstain from this foul intercourse (sex), you become holy temples"
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The Gospel of Thomas 114 (Apocryphal New Testament)
"Simon Peter said to him, "Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life." Jesus said, "I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven."
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Gospel of Thomas 22 (Apocryphal New Testament)
Jesus: "When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male be not male nor the female female; and when you fashion eyes in place of an eye, and a hand In place of a hand, and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter the kingdom."
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Luke 10:38-42 (Canonical New Testament)
"As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, "Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me." But the Lord said to her, "My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her."
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Matthew 21:31-32 (Canonical New Testament)
Jesus: "Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him..."
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Matthew 28:5 (Canonical New Testament)
"The angel [good/holy angel] said to the women, "Don't be afraid! I know you are looking for Jesus, who was nailed to a cross. He isn't here! God has raised him to life, just as Jesus said he would. Come, see the place where his body was lying. Now hurry! Tell his disciples he has been raised to life and is on his way to Galilee. Go there, and you will see him. This is what I came to tell you." The women were frightened and yet very happy, as they hurried from the tomb and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them and greeted them. They went near him, held on to his feet, and worshipped him. Then Jesus said, "Don't be afraid!.."
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The Acts of Paul and Thecla 10 (Apocryphal New Testament)
"There she (Thecla) abode many years and underwent a great many grievous temptations of the devil, which she bore in a becoming manner by the assistance which she had from Christ. At length certain gentlewomen heard of the virgin Thecla and went to her to be instructed by her in the oracles of God, and many of them abandoned this world and led a monastic life with her. A good report was spread everywhere of Thecla, and she wrought several miraculous cures, so that all the city and adjacent countries brought their sick to that mountain, and before they came as far as the door of the cave, they were instantly cured of whatever they had. The unclean spirits were cast out, making a noise; all received their sick made whole and glorified God, who had bestowed such power on the virgin Thecla.."
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The Gospel of Thomas 49 (Apocryphal New Testament)
Jesus: "Blessed are the solitary and elect, for you will find the kingdom. For you are from it, and to it, you will return."
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Here's the manuscript named THE ACTS OF PAUL AND THECLA which is wonderful for the women of God to read:
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UMMM… EVERYONE IS WOMAN TO YHWH EASHOA, HE IS THE ONLY SPIRITUAL ADAM. AND HUSBAND IT IS ONLY WHEN WE ARE joined AS ONE WE become the BRIDEGROOM. REV 12 THE WOMAN is SPIRITUAL IYSHRAYEL clothed with the sun means CLOTHED with the OMIYNAYAH (SUPERIOR LIGHT) CLOAK Of GLORY and in no WAY PHYSICAL ISRAEL and that ADULTEROUS SISTER YAHUD and ALL NAMES OF THE BIBLIOS HERETICS have INDEED Changed ALL NAMES. THEY are going to be laid waste ZEPHANIAH and YARAMAYAH (Jeremiah 🙄) 7-11 DESTRUCTION COMING and there is NO Letter “J” allowed IN YHWH’S TRUE SCRIPT Called the QATHAVA. BIBLES ARE ALL PAGAN JESUIT MADE. AND ELOAHYMN ALLOWED IT. He wanted us seeking him. HE IS THE LIVING WORD, and TRUTH! This means WE WHO HAVE DIED and RISEN are the LIVING WORD AND ONLY THE living can perceive the understanding AND RAZAY (hidden Mysteries) with the HEART of the FATHER “EASHOA” THE NAME WHOM WE ARE SURELY CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS By And HE IS THE FULFILLMENT Of THE SCRIPTURES. The UPSIDE DOWN STAFF Of ARON is THE JEWS (ILLUMINAUGHTY) MOCKING and if the staff is upside down, “J” they are mislead INTO DARKNESS, BLIND TEACHING THE BLIND WILL BOTH FALL IN A PIT. AND HOW Can ANYONE SHEPHERD IN TRUTH if they have the WRONG names Of The SAVIOR “The MeshiyQaRaYah EASHOA (The ANOINTED ONE:SHEPHERD Of LIGHT “THE INHERITANCE” THERE IS TRUE CODE in the NAME. Jesus and CHRIST MADE UP By the EVIL SOCIETY Of JESUS and HITLER was a MEMEBER Of IT. LET THAT SET IN.
Gospel of Thomas was unanimously rejected by the church.
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Council of Laodicea
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The false churches attempts to destroy the things of God. Some of the crimes of the council of Laodicea:
● Permitting divorced people to marry again and partake in holy communion (holy Eucharist - the broken bread and the cup in remembrance of the Lord).
● The changing of Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day (Sunday) & forbidding Christians from resting and abstaining from work on the seventh day.
● Categorizing some Christian/Jewish books & manuscripts as permitted (Canonical) or not permitted (Apocryphal). For example The Book of Enoch & the Epistle of Barnabas etc. Forbidding many cherished books from being read in church services.
Anyone can figure out Rome's (what was to develop into Vatican's) hypocrisy arising from this and similar councils and attempts to control Christianity even to this day.
But Jesus is not a servant of Rome..!!!
Article of interest:
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What these quotes mostly demonstrate is that Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern culture had a huge problem with misogyny for several centuries. We don't need to perpetuate their flaws, though. It's not immoral for women to leave their hair uncovered, to dress how they want, to make their own choices about their relationships and so on. Just because some dude scrawled it on papyrus at some point doesn't mean it was true then, or that it's true now.
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WRESTLING MAINE IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA , HUH? @FLAME !
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WHY DID YOU CHANGE SOME WORDS OF THIS BOOK?
I know this manuscript well. And I see you have changed certain words of the book in your recording. If you did this unintentionally, repent and fix it. But if you did this purposefully, then cursed are you and those who joined you in this thing - Anathema Maranatha..!
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Very demonic of you to curse. The listeners haven’t changed nothing.
seriously Craig lol
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Even Paul cursed the Sorcerer who tried to turn others away from the faith in Jesus:
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Acts 13:8-11 (Canonical New Testament)
"Elymas the sorcerer withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? And now, indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.” And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand..."
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Even Paul cursed those who do not love the Lord:
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1 Corinthians 16:22 Canonical New Testament)
"If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha..."
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And even John declared that a curse is upon any who add to or remove from the word of God:
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Revelation 22:18-19 (Canonical New Testament)
John: "I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book..."
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Yes, it Is serious. Very serious..!
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They did change the manuscript in the movie at three minutes thirty five seconds (3:35) - they said:
"Blessed are they who have wives as though not having them, for they shall receive God as their portion..."
But the original manuscript reads as follows:
"Blessed are they who have wives, as though they had them not, for they shall be made angels of God..."
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Download a copy of the full manuscript heret:
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