"And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest" (Acts ix, 3-5). This was simply a hallucination; and upon this hallucination of the diseased mind of Paul the whole system of Christian theology is based. 3. The effect of Paul's miraculous conversion upon his companions is thus related: "And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless" (Acts ix, 7). "We were all fallen to the earth" (xxvi, 14). 4. "And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man" (Acts ix, 7). "And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me" (xxii, 9). 5. After his conversion Acts states that "straight-way he preached Christ in the synagogues" (ix, 20) at Damascus; that when, soon after, the Jews sought to kill him he escaped and went immediately to Jerusalem; that "Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles" (27); "And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem" (28). Paul denies this. Referring to his conversion he says: "Immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and abode with him fifteen days. But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother" (Gal. i, 16-19). 6. Paul declares that his mission was to the Gentiles alone. "I am the Apostle of the Gentiles" (Rom. xi, 13). "That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles" (xv, 16). According to Acts (ix, 20-22; xiii, 5, 14-43; xiv, 1; xvii, 1, 2, 10; xviii, 4, 19; xxviii, 17), from the beginning to the end of his ministry, he was continually preaching in the synagogues to the Jews. 7. While Paul proclaims himself the apostle to the Gentiles he declares that Peter's mission was confined to the Jews. "The gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter" (Gal. ii, 7). Peter contends that his mission was to the Gentiles. "And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel" (Acts xv, 7). 8. The chief of Paul's theological teachings is Justification by Faith alone. "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified" (Gal. ii, 16).