The End of the World · Character
Paul of Tarsus
Apostle whose writings on the end times are frequently cited.
minor
Also known as St. Paul
First appearance: man
Paul of Tarsus's tie to Jesus Christ is one of the pressures that moves The End of the World—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
His imminent hope of the Second Coming dwindled through his Epistles; he was martyred without seeing it.
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- End-Times Prophets and Predictors
- Protagonist
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professional · positive
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- Stoffler
psychological · ambivalent
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