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God could have used "Irving"

The Epistle of St. Irving to the Romans? I remember when I was a new convert hearing a very nervous lector announce "A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Filipinos". Oh that cracked me up.

Would "The Apostle Irving" have written different epistles? The same doctrine would have been communicated to us but in a different way, wouldn't it? Surely his personality would have been his own, Paul's writing style is different than John's for instance so it seems something of the writer shines through.

In the same way suppose it had been "The Blessed Virgin Hannah"... the same Christ would have been born... but would there have been ANY differences?

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you mean any differences that mattered?

would Christ have been different if he was an inch taller or shorter? Had black rather than brown hair? Blue eyes instead of brown? what are you getting at?

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God didn’t call Irving, He called Paul. Who was Paul? What does the bible say?

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Would "The Apostle Irving" have written different epistles? The same doctrine would have been communicated to us but in a different way, wouldn't it? Surely his personality would have been his own, Paul's writing style is different than John's for instance so it seems something of the writer shines through.
In the same way suppose it had been "The Blessed Virgin Hannah"... the same Christ would have been born... but would there have been ANY differences?

Certainly a great idea to chew on, but actually moot, since I don't believe in Alternate Universes. ;o)

It is what it is, exactly how God intended it.

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I remember when I was a new convert hearing a very nervous lector announce "A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Filipinos". Oh that cracked me up.

LOL...remind me to tell you about the sermon I heard where the subject was Jesus' healing of the woman with a "bloody flux".