Stoicism and Paul’s New God
In a previous post I related the story of Paul’s trip to Athens as told in Chapter 17 of “The Acts of the Apostles” (or in Greek, Praxeis Apostolon). The book was written somewhere between 80 and 90 of the Common Era. Paul appears to have travelled to Athens sometime around 51 CE. Here is how the story goes in Acts:
While Paul was waiting for them (Silas and Timothy) in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see that…




