ST PAUL - Paul the Apostle

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Paul the Apostle, commonly known as Saint Paul, and also known by his native name Saul of Tarsus was an apostle (thoughnot one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of the Christ to the first century world. He is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age. In the mid-30s to the mid-50s AD, he founded several churches in Asia Minor and Europe. Paul took advantage of his status as both a Jew and a Roman citizen to minister to both Jewish and Roman audiences.

According to writings in the New Testament, prior to his conversion, Paul was dedicated to persecuting the early disciples of Jesus in the area of Jerusalem. In the narrative of the Acts of the Apostles (often referred to simply as Acts), Paul was traveling on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus on a mission to "bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem" when the resurrected Jesus appeared to him in a great light. He was struck blind but, after three days, his sight was restored by Ananias of Damascus, and Paul began to preach that Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah and the Son of God. Approximately half of the book of Acts deals with Paul's life and works.

Fourteen of the twenty-seven books in the New Testament have traditionally been attributed to Paul. Seven of the epistles are undisputed by scholars as being authentic, with varying degrees of argument about the remainder. Pauline authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews is not asserted in the Epistle itself and was already doubted in the 2nd and 3rd centuries.^[12] It was almost unquestioningly accepted from the 5th to the 16th centuries that Paul was the author of Hebrews, but that view is now almost universally rejected by scholars. The other six are believed by some scholars to have come from followers writing in his name, using material from Paul's surviving letters and letters written by him that no longer survive. Other scholars argue that the idea of a pseudonymous author for the disputed epistles raises many problems.

Today, Paul's epistles continue to be vital roots of the theology, worship, and pastoral life in the Catholic and Protestant traditions of the West, and the Orthodox traditions of the East. Paul's influence on Christian thought and practice has been characterized as being as "profound as it is pervasive", among that of many other apostles and missionaries involved in the spread of the Christian faith. Augustine of Hippo developed Paul's idea that salvation is based on faith and not "works of the law". Martin Luther's interpretation of Paul's writings influenced Luther's doctrine of sola fide.

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History

Guild of St Paul was founded on 29th November 1965 (Mother Council, Cl 11, St Joseph, East Rand)

From 29th Nov. 1965 to 14th May 1967. Guild Leader Hans Assink (RIP)

Council 24 - St Paul was founded on 14th May 1967.

Founding Members

[Under construction] List to be obtained from SS

List of Grand Knights

• 1967/68/69/70 GK Hans Assink RIP
  
• 1970/71/72   GK Leo Hurley RIP
  
• 1972/73 GK Noel Hurley RIP
  
• 1973/74/75/76   GK Edward Lorenzo RIP
  
• 1976/77 GK George Pollock
  
• 1977/78/79   GK Michael James
  
• 1979/80 GK George Pollock
  
• 1980/81/82  GK Basil McNaughton
• 1982/83 GK Victor Blair (Award of Merit)
  
• 1984/85 GK Henry Murray RIP
  
• 1985/86/87   GK Julio da Silva Marques RIP
• 1987/88 GK Anthony Sequeira RIP
  
• 1988/89 GK Victor Blair (Award of Merit)
  
• 1989/90/91 GK Ian Stratford RIP
• 1991/92/93   GK Frank Murray
• 1993/94 GK Raymond Greenwell
  
• 1994/95/96  GK Mark Winkler
• 1996/97/98  GK Peter Clifton
• 1998/99/00  GK Larry O'Donoghue                           RIP
  
• 2000/01/02  GK Keith Bloom
  
• 2002/03/04  GK Marian Starak
• 2004/05/06 GK Silvio D'Hotman de Villiers
• 2006/07 GK Victor Serrano
  
• 2007/08 GK Silvio D'Hotman de Villiers
  
• 2008/09 GK Brian Isaac
  
• 2009/10/11  GK Marian Starak
  
• 2011/12/13  GK  Manuel Netto
  
• 2013/14/15  GK Cedric Ontong
• 2015 GK Manuel Netto
  
• 2016/17/18 GK Peter David Pressly
• 2018 GK Manuel Netto

Roll of Honour

• BK Stan Tocher 7th January 1974
  
• BK Andy Andalalaft 24th June 1975
  
• BK Bert Carrol 11th September 1976
  
• BK Jimmy Jabour 22nd June 1978
  
• BK Justin Kelly 8th July 1978
  
• BK Rolf Muller 26th December 1981
  
• BK William Walker 28th November 1984
  
• BK Fred Allin 6th February 1987
  
• BK Des O’Callaghan 16th February 1988
  
• BK Joe Knott 23rd July 1988
  
• BK Mike MacNulty 4th September 1990
  
• BK Barry Beckley 7th November 1991
  
• BK Greg Kleine 6th February 1993
  
• PGK Edward Lorenzo 24th July 1993
  
• BK Leo Doyle 16th November 1993
  
• PGK Hans Assink 16th December 1993
  
• PGK Henry Murray 28th July 1998
  
• BK Martin Watson 15th June 1999
  
• BK Joe Catania 31st July 2000
  
• PGK Anthony Sequeira 3rd December 2002
  
• PRC Fr. Tom O’Dea 3rd September 2003
  
• BK Bill Meakin 11th November 2004
  
• BK Filipe da Silva 4th November 2006
  
• PGK Ian Stratford 29th November 2006
  
• BK Eric Crammond 6th September 2007
  
• BK Kearns Winkler 14th February 2008
  
• BK Alexander Appleton 10th September 2010
  
• PGK Julio da Silva Marques 2nd March 2011
  
• BK Kieran Cahill 13th December 2013
  
• PRC Fr. Paddy Gallagher 13th February 2017
  
• PGK Larry O’Donoghue 28th April 2017
  

Awards

• PDSK Victor Blair              Award of Merit
  
• PSS Pierre Cronje             Award of Merit
  
• PGK Paul Rule                   Supreme Knight’s Award 1522
  

Testimonies of Service

20 years

• PGK Cedric Ontong
  
• BK Ivan van der Merwe
  
• BK Patrick Mitchell
  
• BK Tim van Niekerk
  

30 years

• PGK Manuel Netto
  
• PRGK Keith Bloom
  
• BK Keith Dowie
  
• PGK Sylvio D’Hotman
  
• PGK Victor Serrano
  

40 Years

• PGK Paul Rule
  
• PSS Pierre Cronje
  
• PGK Basil McNaughton
  
• PGK George Pollock
  
• PGK Peter Callaghan
  
• PGK Bernie Conway
  
• PDSK Victor Blair
  

The current Cl24 Local Executive was appointed in March 2018, and comprises the following officers:

• Grand Knight - Manual Netto
  
• Reverend Chaplin - Fr. David Evans
• Deputy Grand Knight - Rick Da Costa
  
• Secretary  - Mark Dansie
  
• Chancellor - Mike Ward
  
• Master of Second Degree - Keith Bloom (acting)
• Master of First Degree - Basil McNaughton (acting)
  
• Treasurer  - Paul Rule
  
• Master-at-Arms  - José Gonçalves
  

For a full list of contact details for all Cl24 Officers, click here.

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