Ralph Martin writing in the Dictionary of Paul and his Letters, suggests reconciliation is at the center of Pauline theology.
In Pauline theology, the notion of corporate personality is largely restricted to its representational aspect.
But, Boyarin argues, Pauline theology made his version of Christianity so appealing to Gentiles.
Pauline theology is also a term referring to the teaching and doctrines especially espoused by the apostle Paul through his writings.
After a curacy in Penarth, Llandaff, he returned to Oxford in 1980 to study for a doctorate in Pauline theology.
Paul insisted he was God: it is the only thing about him which really matters, otherwise the Pauline theology collapses, and with it Christianity.
This situation was in time brought about by the victory of Pauline theology.
Fundamental to Pauline theology is the connection between Christ's Resurrection and redemption.
Martin stated that Swedenborg "was apparently well aware of the fact that Pauline theology, if accepted at face value, would vitiate almost en toto his own.