Literary notes about paul (AI summary)
The word “paul” appears in literature with a rich diversity of meanings and references, often serving as a personal name, a symbol of religious authority, or even a label for objects of study. In religious texts and theological discussions, for example, “St. Paul” is frequently invoked as a central figure in early Christian thought ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]), while passages such as those found in biblical exegesis ([7], [8], [9]) draw on his epistolary and doctrinal legacy. Outside strictly religious contexts, “Paul” emerges as a common given name for characters in novels and narratives, representing individuals with distinct personalities—ranging from the thoughtful and reflective ([10], [11], [12]) to more assertive or even contentious figures ([13], [14], [15]). The name is also employed in historical and anecdotal texts, where it may denote notable individuals or serve as an allusion to cultural heritage ([16], [17], [18]), and even appears in technical discourses, such as discussions of surgical instruments ([19], [20], [21]). In this way, “paul” functions multifariously in literature: as a beacon of religious tradition, as a familiar personal name, and as a stylistic marker that carries both historical and symbolic weight.
- As he spoke these things and made his answer, Festus said with a loud voice: Paul, thou art beside thyself: much learning doth make thee mad.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - S. Peter and S. Paul, though their controversie were great, (as we may read in Gal. 2.11.)
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes - The writer must therefore have been ( c ) St Paul himself.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon by J. B. Lightfoot - What then is Apollo and what is Paul?
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - 2. A letter written from Laodicea by St Paul.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon by J. B. Lightfoot - Acts Chapter 26 Paul gives an account to Agrippa of his life, conversion and calling. 26:1.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Amen. Book 62 2 Timothy THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO TIMOTHY
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - And the day following, Paul went in with us unto James: and all the ancients were assembled.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath hindered us.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - “Then I won’t worry,” said Paul, with a long breath of relief, “especially as I really think Mary Joe will listen to reason.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery - Anne permitted herself a smile, since Paul was not looking at her.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery - Paul never needed any coaxing to tell his thoughts . . .
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery - "Why did he thank me ?" thought Paul Petrovitch to himself after Nikolai had gone."
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev - continued Paul Petrovitch politely—also, without the least shadow of a smile.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev - “Pray shake hands with me, Paul Ivanovitch.”
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol - The body of King Edmond rested for the space of three years in the parish church of St. Gregorie, near unto the cathedral church of St. Paul.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow - He might as well have expected to move St. Paul’s Cathedral by looking at it, as to move Me.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - He met at San Sisto a Muscovite ambassador, the second who had come to Rome since the pontificate of Paul III.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne - Albucasis, who conveys entire the passage on pterygium from Paul, gives figures of both these instruments.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne - A similar tube is recommended by Celsus and Paul for insertion after operations on the rectum and vagina.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne - Paul (VI. xxiv and III. xxiii) says that foreign bodies may be sucked from the ear with a reed.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne