[Repent and Believe]

“...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.

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Paul was already preaching the Gospel without the "approval" or "vetting" of the disciples.

They recognized his calling from God is what happened in Acts 9:27-28.

He did not need their "approval" to begin his ministry.