# Paul — Verses on Various Occasions character guide

> Paul in Verses on Various Occasions by John Henry Newman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** St. Paul, LXX St. Paul, blessèd Paul, mine

**First appearance:** 0054-lii-the-greek-fathers

## Who they are

Apostle and writer of epistles, referenced in devotional contexts.

## In the story

### [XLI: A Word in Season](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/xli-a-word-in-season)

Cited as 'holy Paul' who rose on Mars' hill as a lone soldier.

### [LXI: David and Jonathan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lxi-david-and-jonathan)

Referenced as an example of one who lost a comrade, providing a warning about love and memory.

### [LXX: St. Paul at Melita](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lxx-st-paul-at-melita)

St. Paul, the many-gifted man, steps onto the promised shore after surviving the water peril, gathers sticks for a fire, and is bitten by a viper but receives instant aid.

### [Our Future](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lxxv-our-future)

Referenced as 'Paul's sad girdle,' symbolizing the pilgrim's bound life.

### [LXXVII: Taormini](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lxxvii-taormini)

Alluded to as the Saint who was caught up to the third heaven and endured fourteen years of trials.

### [LXXXI: Warfare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lxxxi-warfare)

Cited as the example of one who left quiet retirement to preach, facing persecution and death.

### [Zeal and Patience](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/xcv-zeal-and-patience)

Addressed as 'comrade bold of toil and pain' and 'prisoner of the Lord'; his patient endurance of chains is the central example.

### [XCVII: St. Paul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/xcvii-st-paul)

Appears as a mysterious stranger who becomes the narrator's guest, later revealed to be St. Paul.

### [CXIV: Judaism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/cxiv-judaism)

Referenced as 'fervent Paul' who asked to bear the accursed tree like Christ but received no hopeful answer.

### [CXX: The Married and the Single](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/cxx-the-married-and-the-single)

Cited as a strong-hearted apostle and example of the married state's offspring.

### [Matins—Wednesday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/cxxvii-matins-wednesday)

Cited as the example for the deed of lifting hearts and hands in prayer.

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