Why was Paul arrested in Philippi?

Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

The story of St. Paul’s arrival in Philippi and later of his arrest, beating, and imprisonment, serves as a kind of metaphor for the radical nature of true Christianity and why it so perturbs many in this world.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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