As argued by Keith Akers (2020), Paul violated Jesus' vegan principle and the Jerusalem Council's vegan decree; as admitted by Paul...

Saint Paul says that he is of the tribe of Benjamin and a Hebrew of Hebrews (Phil 3:5). In my book The Catholic Perspective on Paul...

Part 1 One of the first “proof texts” to be cited when the subject of dietary law comes up is the vision given to Peter as recorded in...

Excerpt: From the Acts of the Apostles, from Josephus and from early Christian historians, there emerges a coherent, if still incomplete,...

Excerpt: ANOTHER point on which Hyam Maccoby (1991) and Robert Eisenman (2012) coincide is their willingness to take seriously the...

Excerpt: I would like to... spend a bit more time on... food that has been sacrificed to idols, for Paul teaches something very different...

In Paul’s own letters, there is no account of his ‘conversion’, which is described only in chapter nine of Acts, written by ‘Luke’:...

ABSTRACT Through examining the life and work of the man who is generally known as the Apostle Paul, I hope to challenge the idea that the...

Executive summary: The grievances between Paul and the Jerusalem Council are primarily over veganism rather than circumcision (cf. Akers...

Summary: In Matthew 9:13 and Matthew 12:6-7, Jesus the Vegan Christ respectively quotes Hosea 6:6 -- "I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT...

According to the Ebionites' account (note 1), Paul was a Greek who pretended to be a Jew (note 2). As a young man, he went to Jerusalem...

The key to resolve the dispute between the vegan camp of early Jewish Christians and the carnivorous Pauline Christian camp is whether...

Summary: Just as God made a covenant with all His creatures or animals (Genesis 9:8-17) rather than just humans, Jesus told His disciples...

According to Rev. Prof. Andrew Linzey (1995:33-34), when we say that God values humans more than any other creatures such that we have...

Christianity has differing perspectives, with some seeing animals as put there by God for our use and humans always at the apex of...

The Animal Interfaith Alliance (AIA) is a unique alliance of faith based, animal advocacy organisations which represents all the major...

Incarnation needs to be seen -- not as the Yes of God to human flesh (still less just to male flesh) but to ALL flesh. The incarnation of...

Compassionate Eating Christians agree that we should direct our hearts and minds to serving God, which includes caring for God’s...

Mission CreatureKind’s mission is to advance collective liberation — for animals, peoples, and the earth — with a special focus on farmed...

Mission Our Mission is the advancement of Christian respect and responsibility for the animal creation with special reference to Catholic...