[MarkBsnr]

It is neither. Paul's teaching is not different from (heteros versus allos) nor did it supersede (in the sense of supplant) what Jesus was teaching. Paul's teaching is, according to him, what he received directly from the Lord.

You and I and all Christians understand that. It is the Paulians who preach the gospel of Paul. Now I have some problems with the text of your quote, inasmuch as we have terms like "Jesus believed himself to be...", but generally speaking, we are in accord that Paul was a bishop of the Church and that he taught Christianity and enforced it upon the parishes and communities of which he had charge.

[aruanan]

You and I and all Christians understand that. It is the Paulians who preach the gospel of Paul. Now I have some problems with the text of your quote, inasmuch as we have terms like "Jesus believed himself to be...", but generally speaking, we are in accord that Paul was a bishop of the Church and that he taught Christianity and enforced it upon the parishes and communities of which he had charge.

That's more stylistic than anything else if you've read more of N.T. Wright. Look at his book The Resurrection of the Son of God. I don't think he has any doubt that Jesus is who Jesus claimed himself to be. I thought his remark about circumcision and the form-critics was pretty good.