Uh...no.He did not need "vetting" by the church.
3As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; 4and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” 5And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, 6but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do.” Acts 9:3-6
The disciples were originally afraid of him and did not believe he was a disciple (Acts 9:26).
1Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), 2and all the brethren who are with me, Gal 1:1-2
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, Eph 1:1
15But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased 16to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood, 17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus. Gal 1:15-17
“...He [Paul] did not need “vetting” by the church....”
Here we read where Saint Paul was vetted by the church AND they received him. (Referring to post 35) In contrast, the Catholic church has never received nor acknowledged heretical preachers who intentionally stand apart from the Catholic (Universal) Church. Paul was approved and united to the universal Church:
Acts Chapter 9
[26] And when he was come into Jerusalem, he essayed to join himself to the disciples; and they all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. [27] But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and told them how he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him; and how in Damascus he had dealt confidently in the name of Jesus. [28] And he was with them coming in and going out in Jerusalem, and dealing confidently in the name of the Lord.
Amen! There is NOTHING like the Word of God! It speaks for itself. All churches have doctrine, but only doctrine that is SCRIPTURAL is TRUE doctrine. I’m partial to my denomination (but do not exclude other Biblical denominations), because our guiding principle, to answer any questions or concerns, is, “What does the Bible say?” I appreciate that so much.