[annalex]

I love St. Paul: love his short tempter, knack for poetry, brainy talmudism, long complex thought process, appetite for self-denial. A true Catholic.

I now rejoice in my sufferings for you,
and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ,
in my flesh, for his body, which is the church:
Whereof I am made a minister
according to the dispensation of God,
which is given me towards you,
that I may fulfill the word of God.
(Colossians 1)

[count-your-change]

Paul “a good Catholic”? Hmmmm....let's see.

Mary bodily assumed into heaven?

Paul says flesh and blood cannot inherit God's Kingdom
(1 Cor. 15:50)

Mary free from sin?

Paul says all have sinned. (Rom. 5:12)

“But especially Eve, the mother of all the living (Genesis 3:20), is considered as a type of Mary who is the mother of all the living in the order of grace [16].” (Catholic Encyclopedia)

Paul says grace was a free gift from God and came through Christ. (Romans 5:15) Did Paul overlook Mary?

Paul discusses type and anti-types extensively but nowhere does he compare Mary to Eve.
Of Eve Paul says she, being “deceived was in the transgression.” (1 Tim. 2:14)

I think it's clear in this and so many other teachings Paul is at odds with Catholic doctrine and teaching.

[RnMomof7]

I love all the authors of the NT, they all have added so much to our knowledge of God .