| 单词 | saint paul | ||||||
| 释义 | Saint PaulSaint PaulSaint Paul
Saint PaulSaint Paul,city (1990 pop. 272,235), state capital and seat of Ramsey co., E Minn., on bluffs along the Mississippi River, contiguous with Minneapolis, forming the Twin Cities metropolitan area; inc. 1854. A port of entry at a great bend in the Mississippi and a railroad hub, St. Paul is also an industrial, commercial, and financial center. It shares an international airport with Minneapolis. Among the city's diverse manufactures are electrical, construction, and medical equipment; sheet metal; paper and plastic products; storage tanks; food; motor vehicles; and consumer goods. Other industries include oil refining and printing and publishing.Landmarks and InstitutionsLike many of the upper Mississippi River towns, St. Paul's oldest streets are narrow and crooked, conforming to the hills and to the river frontage. Many modern downtown buildings are interconnected by enclosed skywalks. Several fine parks (the largest of which are Como and Phalen) and many lakes (over 900 in the general metropolitan area), public beaches, and nearby ski areas provide recreational facilities. A Native American mounds park is there. An annual Winter Carnival is held in the city, and the state fairgrounds are in the Midway district, between St. Paul and Minneapolis. The National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild plays in St. Paul. The capitol, completed in 1904 and designed by Cass GilbertGilbert, Cass, St. Paul has a notable chamber orchestra and opera company (both at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts), a conservatory, and several musical theaters. The city's many educational institutions include Bethel Univ., the College of St. Catherine, Concordia Univ., Hamline Univ., Macalester College, the Univ. of St. Thomas, the William Mitchell College of Law, several theological seminaries, and a branch of the Univ. of Minnesota. HistoryA fur-trading post was established (early 1800s) at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers in what is now the historic village of Mendota (6 mi/9.7 km SW of St. Paul), and Fort Snelling was built there. Traders, missionaries, and explorers were the first inhabitants; settlers came from the east after treaties with the Native Americans officially opened the area to farming and lumbering. By 1823 the landing at the head of navigation on the Mississippi was an important debarkation point and trading port. In 1841, Father Galtier established St. Paul Church, from which the city (platted along the river in 1846) took its name. St. Paul became territorial capital in 1849 and state capital when Minnesota was admitted to the Union in 1858. It was a booming river port and transportation center, especially after the arrival of the railroad in 1862. Later it became the center of the railroad empire of James J. HillHill, James Jerome, BibliographySee V. B. Kunz, St. Paul (1986); R. T. Smith, Minneapolis–St. Paul (1988). Paul, Saint,d. A.D. 64? or 67?, the apostle to the Gentiles, b. Tarsus, Asia Minor. He was a Jew. His father was a Roman citizen, probably of some means, and Paul was a tentmaker by trade. His Jewish name was Saul. He was educated in Jerusalem, where he studied under GamalielGamaliel. 1 In the Bible, Manassite chief. 2 In the New Testament, president of the Sanhedrin at Jerusalem; teacher of St. Paul. He was also known as Gamaliel I, or Gamaliel the Elder. ..... Click the link for more information. and became a zealous nationalist; he was probably a Pharisee. The chronology of St. Paul's life is difficult, but there is general agreement (within a few years) on almost all details. The hypothetical dates given here are according to one chronological system. The sources for St. Paul's life are the Acts of the Apostles, in which he is the dominant figure, and the Pauline Epistles. The value of the latter depends on the extent to which they are accepted as genuinely written by the apostle. Romans, First and Second Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, Colossians, First Thessalonians, and Philemon are undoubted; Ephesians and Second Thessalonians are rejected by most critics; First and Second Timothy and Titus are generally considered to be in their present form later and non-Pauline; finally, Hebrews was not written by St. Paul himself. Paul's first known contact with Christianity is his presence at the martyrdom of St. StephenStephen, Saint, Paul spent the next 13 years learning the faith, part of the time living in seclusion in the Arabian desert. He visited Jerusalem probably twice (A.D. 37, 44) and dwelt at Tarsus and Antioch for some time. (Acts 11.) From Antioch, Paul set out on his first missionary journey (Acts 13–14.27; A.D. 47–49), on which he was accompanied by St. BarnabasBarnabas, Saint On his second mission (Acts 15.36–18.22; A.D. 50–53) Paul, having quarreled with Barnabas, was accompanied by SilasSilas The third missionary journey of St. Paul (Acts 18.23–21.26; A.D. 53–57) took him to Galatia, then Phrygia, and over to Ephesus. His two-and-a-half-year stay in Ephesus was one of the most fruitful periods of his life; in this time he wrote his two letters to the Corinthians (c.A.D. 56). He went to Corinth to help the Christians there, and he probably wrote the Epistle to the Romans there. Thence he returned to Ephesus and finally to Jerusalem. This was his last visit there (A.D. 57–59), for soon after he arrived he was arrested for provoking a riot. After being held prisoner for two years and after hearings before the council of priests, before the Roman procurator Felix and his successor Festus, before Herod Agrippa II, and again before Festus, he appealed to Rome on his citizen's right. So he was sent to Rome under guard. (Acts 21.27–28.31.) On the way they were shipwrecked on Malta but finally landed at Puteoli (Puzzuoli). Paul was imprisoned (A.D. 60) in Rome but was allowed to conduct his ministry among the Roman Christians and Jews who visited him. Of his final fate tradition says that he was beheaded south of the city, near the Ostian Way, probably during the persecution of NeroNero St. Paul's figure dominates the apostolic age, and his epistles have left a tremendous impress on Christianity. The first Christian theological writing is found in them, where it is characterized rather by spiritual fervor than by systematic analysis. St. Paul became a fountainhead of Christian doctrine, and countless interpretations have been given of his teachings. Thus, Roman Catholic theology leans upon him at all times, and Martin LutherLuther, Martin, BibliographySee D. R. McDonald, The Legend and the Apostle (1983); J. A. Ziesler, Pauline Christianity (1990); E. P. Sanders, Paul (1991); B. Chilton, Rabbi Paul: An Intellectual Biography (2004); J. Murphy-O'Connor, Paul: His Story (2004); G. Wills, What Paul Meant (2006).  Saint Paul(dreams)After Jesus died, the apostle Paul was to have three visits from him in visions. Paul was born a Roman citizen, the son of wealthy Jewish parents, and his Hebrew name was Saul. He lived in Tarsus, the capital of Cilicia, north of Palestine, and was sent to Jerusalem to be educated by the Rabbi Gamaliel. Paul, who was of the tribe of Benjamin, was a very effective agent in the efforts to suppress Christianity. He went to the high priest in Jerusalem to request a letter addressed to synagogues in Damascus, requiring their cooperation in the persecution of Christians. It was during a trip to Damascus on a mission to suppress Christianity that he had his famous vision: On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the gods. (Acts 26:12–14) When Paul asked, “Who are you?” the voice said that he was Jesus, whom Saul was persecuting. Then the Lord said, I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen of me and what I will show you. I will rescue you from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me. (Acts 26:16–18) When Paul got up from the ground, he discovered that he was blind, and he was not able to see for three days. He had previously received a vision of Ananias, a certain devout disciple in Damascus: “In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight” (Acts 9:12). After this, God appeared to Ananias and instructed him about his role in fulfilling the vision given to Paul. Ananias went to Paul’s house, laid hands on him, and Paul’s sight was restored. Then Paul arose, was baptized, and went into the synagogues proclaiming Jesus as the Son of God. Both of these visions were received in the waking state. Other communications that Scripture refers to as visions were received “during the night,” which indicates that they were dreams. Many years passed before Paul had another vision. He was on a missionary journey and during the night had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us” (Acts 16:9). After this dream vision, the apostles concluded that God had called them to preach the gospel in Macedonia. The next vision occurred to Paul in Corinth, which at that time was the capital of Greece, and where his life happened to be in danger because he was able to convert the chief of the synagogue to Christianity. Here it is again clear that his night visions are dream messages from God: One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” (Acts 18:9) This dream vision encouraged Paul and prevented him from leaving Corinth. Paul’s final dream vision was a message from Jesus in which he encouraged Paul to “take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome” (Acts 23:11). This vision assured Paul that he had not yet finished his work, and helped him decide to go to Rome. Saint PaulSaint Paul
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Saint Paul - (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle; "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity"
Saint Paul - capital of the state of Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river adjacent to Minneapolis; one of the Twin Cities