: of or relating to the apostle Paul, his epistles, or the doctrine or theology implicit in his epistles
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Today, Christian views on everything from the afterlife to the cosmic struggle of good and evil would be quite foreign to a pre-Pauline Christian, and that’s because of where the conversation has taken the tradition in the intervening centuries.
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“Pauline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pauline. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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