A six-part series looking at the life and work of St Paul.
5: In his letterto the Romans, Paul instructs Christians to obey the ruling authorities - a teaching that's been used to justify apartheid in South Africa and the practices of the Third Reich. And yet Paul himself was regularly imprisoned for sedition.
Edward Stourton turns to Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe and Labour's Chris Bryantto help solve the paradox.
Producer Phil Pegum