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New edition of a Taylor Caldwell classic that portrays life in São Paulo.
Taylor Caldwell devoted years of intense study to writing The Great Friend of God , a novel about one of the most passionate, intelligent, and dedicated apostles of early Christianity, Saul of Tarshish, or, as the Romans called him, Paul of Tarsus, the Pharisee intellectual, lawyer, and theologian known as the Apostle to the Gentiles.
Paul exerted more influence on the Western world and Christendom than most of us realize, for Christianity, which he diligently spread throughout the world, is the foundation of modern Western jurisprudence, morality, and philosophy. Through his spiritual and mental vigor, his effort, and his justice, he created a new society and fostered the cause of freedom, which has spread widely over the past two thousand years.
In this book, Taylor Caldwell exposes more of who Saint Paul was—an ordinary man, with his own despairs, anguish, doubts, anger, and intolerance—and emphasizes less what he did. Many works focus solely on the apostle, but in *The Great Friend of God*, the author focuses on the individuality of Paul of Tarsus, both as a human being and as a saint, combined with everything that influenced him as a Roman citizen and lawyer, and as a Jewish Pharisee of great wisdom, intelligence, and enduring faith. Taylor Caldwell recreates in novel form the dazzling life of Paul of Tarsus, the apostle Saint Paul, who twenty centuries ago confronted the world and transformed it.
Taylor Caldwell, one of the most talented contemporary writers, manages to portray in a moving way an entire period of the Biblical Era and the poignant drama of a man who became a legend, who became a saint.
God's Great Friend is a moving story that recreates the accomplishments of Paul of Tarsus throughout a life filled with missionary journeys that shaped who he truly was: an extraordinary man, but with the doubts and weaknesses inherent in human beings.
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