Isagoge ad lectionem epistolarum divi Pauli apostoli, qua compositionis oeconomia, et germana dispositio indicatur. Opusculum recens. Benedicto Aretio authore.

nor does he use the prior name any longer thereafter. Chrysostom. It is the opinion of Chrysostom and Theophylact that his name was changed divinely, just as Peter, who was called Cephas by the Lord Christ, and the sons of Zebedee were called Boanerges, and so that he might not be inferior to them, as Theophylact says, his name was changed. But yet he is inferior in this, that concerning them there exists scripture, namely of the name changed divinely, but of Paul's name so changed, nothing exists. Opinion of others Others prefer that it was changed by him spontaneously because of the right of Roman citizenship. For Tarsus, his fatherland, had been gifted with the right of Roman citizenship by Mark Antony. And so, as he confessed himself a Jew simply by his Hebrew name, so he wished to profess himself a Roman citizen by a Latin one. Origen. These truly agree with Origen, who