Thomas Izbicki wrote:
> Usually Paul is depicted with a sword, because - as a citizen (to the best
> of my memory) - that was the form of execution to be employed.
>
> Tom Izbicki
I have always been under the impression that St. Paul is traditionally
represented carrying a sword because of his authorship of so many epistles of
the New Testament - "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God" (Eph
6:17).
Rev. David G. Peters
PhD Candidate in Historical Theology
Marquette University, Milwaukee
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Pastor
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, (WELS)
2908 S. Colony Ave.
Union Grove, WI 53182-9564
414 / 878-4156
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