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Great questions.

I am no theologian, so I can’t answer anything st this point.

A couple of the Gospels were written by the original 12 disciples, and Paul wrote many books. I’m assuming they were all dead within 30-40 years of Jesus’ death, so I’m not sure exactly when they were written and if they were saved for a time somewhere safe? I’d have to dig in and research that.

The Roman Catholic Church was a real problem until 1517, when someone had the gall to challenge them.

Anyway, the history of Christianity is fascinating and I’m sure there are thousands of details we’ll never know.

The Pauline Epistles were written 50-60 AD. Considering the average life span was about 30 years back then... Paul never met Jesus.

Interesting.

I’m of the belief that he definitely did.

A lot of people believe that, but the history math doesn't back it up.

"The seven undisputed Pauline epistles considered by scholarly consensus to be genuine are generally dated to AD 50–60 (i.e. approximately twenty to thirty years after the generally accepted time period for the death of Jesus around AD 30–36) and are the earliest surviving Christian texts that may include information about Jesus."

In order for Paul to have met Jesus and then write about it is about 1 lifetime off. Either he met Jesus but didn't live to write about it, or he wrote about it and never met him. Pick one. You can't have both.