THE APOSTLE OF THE RECONCILIATION

`... these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus'.

Twice a new name is associated with Paul's ministry; first, at Antioch, the company of believers emerge as

something distinct, and secondly, Saul of Tarsus is called Paul for the first time in the Scriptures in association with

the Gentile Paulus on the island of Cyprus, when fulfilling the ministry to which he had been called at Antioch.

The chapters which follow deal with the teaching of the epistles of the period, namely, the dispensation ushered

in under the title `The reconciliation'. When these have been considered, the final phase -`The rejection'- must be

touched upon before this present volume is brought to a close.

Where is Galatia? Was the epistle to the Galatians Paul's first epistle? These two questions are linked together,

and the second one arises out of the answer we give to the first question.

Where is Galatia? - The answer to the question depends upon the date at which the map consulted was published.

If the map be that of Dr. Kitto's Cyclopaedia, 1847, or T.R. Birks, editor of Paley, 1849, or any other publication

before them, Galatia will be as shown in the following map:

If we look at Lewin's Life and Epistles of Paul (1875), we shall find two maps, one showing the Province of

Galatia with indications that national boundaries had given place to political necessities; the other showing Asia

Minor mapped according to its nationalities. A comparison of the two maps will reveal a marked difference. While

the national boundaries coincide with Kitto's map, the political map reveals a state of affairs which must materially

influence the answer to the question, `Where is Galatia?'

Upon this map are parts labelled `Part of Phrygia included in the Province of Asia; Part of Phrygia in the

Province of Galatia'. In Ramsay's `Historical Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians' is a map showing the

political divisions of Asia Minor, A.D. 40-63. We give here a sketch of this, indicating the province of Galatia by

shading the drawing.