Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
June 28th, 2008—June 29th, 2009 was declared by the Catholic Church to be "The Year of Paul." You know you're a pretty big deal when people have to set aside a whole year to celebrate your awesomeness.
14 books of the Bible are attributed to Paul, even though scholars think he only actually for sure wrote 7 of those: Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon. As for the others? 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, and Hebrews were almost definitely not written by Paul. Sorry, guys. The status of Ephesians, Colossians, and 2 Thessalonians are in dispute, but these three don't usually get tacked into the Paul column either. (Source.)
Architect Sir Charles Barry, who re-designed the Palace of Westminster, is also buried at Westminster Abbey. On the monument marking his tomb, he chose a quote from Colossians 3:23: "Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men […]for ye serve the Lord Christ." (Source.)
Paul mentions one of his lost letters in his Epistle to the Colossians. He says, "likewise read the epistle from Laodicea" (Colossians 4:16). Some folks say that he might be talking about his letter to the Ephesians. But others aren't so sure. In any case, no one has ever been able to find a copy. Paul really needed to get better at backing up his files. (Source.)