What is a Saint? Who was St.Paul?

Canada
May 13, 2007 3:55pm CST
I heard that a Saint was someone who performed miracles. Was St.Paul the Paul who used to be Saul who wrote parts of the Bible? Does anyone know what miracles he performed? Also where can I read about the apostles histories after the Bible?
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• United States
14 May 07
A Saint according to the Bible was one who has Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Lord & Savior. Two quick example is 1Cor.1:2 "Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints,..." 2Cor.1:1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia". So a saint is one who had faith in Christ as Lord & Savior and was part of the church. The word simply means "a set apart one"- it comes from the same term that is translated "holy". Holy means to be set apart. Yes, St. Paul was the same Saul of Tarsus & he wrote most of the NT epistles. His miracles are all written in the Book of Acts in the Bible. The apostles after the Bible- Foxes Book of Martyrs has a brief history; Eusebius History of the Church; A more extensive book vol. 1-2 of Schaff's History of the Christian Church. I hope this is helpful- you can e-mail me back with more questions if you have any.
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@deebomb (15304)
• United States
13 May 07
here is a list of the miracles preformed by Paul1- Paul cured of blindness, Vision of Ananias, Acts 9 2- Strikes Elymas (Bar-Jesus) with blindness, Acts 13 3- Heals a cripple, Acts 14 4- Throws out an evil spirit, Acts 16 5- Paul and Silas delivered from jail, Acts 16 6- Paul cures sick people, even touching his handkerchiefs, Acts 19 7- Paul Raises Eutychius to life, Acts 20 8- Paul Shakes a viper off his hand and is unharmed, Acts 28 9- Paul heals the father of Publius of Dysentery, Acts 28 10- Paul heals the sick of Malta, Acts 28 11- The greatest Wonder of Paul You can find more about each one at http://biblia.com/miracles/paul.htm
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
20 May 07
Thanks for BR
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