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Galatians receives an Antioch dispute in which Paul opposes Peter over table-fellowship with gentiles

Galatians later tells that Paul opposed Peter at Antioch over drawing back from gentile tables. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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Galatians later tells that Paul opposed Peter at Antioch over drawing back from gentile tables. The instrument is that received dispute, not a Vatican building. Saint Peter's documented role is: Paul's letter is the independent file. Acts tells a calmer council. Medium confidence on the clash as Paul reports it; it is not Vatican minutes.

Context

Paul is the named counterpart and the letter-writer. Sharing James's people as the reported pressure-group is required. Cornelius is a neighbouring Acts inclusion scene. The setting of Galatians receives an Antioch dispute in which Paul opposes Peter over table-fellowship with gentiles is the public file around 0048-01-01. Driver political-polarization is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Galatians receives an Antioch dispute in which Paul opposes Peter over table-fellowship with gentiles on 0048-01-01. A received table-fellowship dispute among named apostles is a polarisation path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Peter The Apostle

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.44 · verified

    Paul's letter is the independent file. Acts tells a calmer council. Medium confidence on the clash as Paul reports it; it is not Vatican minutes.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactGalatians receives an Antioch dispute in which Paul opposes Peter over table-fellowship with gentiles
    2. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 January 48 · verified

    A received table-fellowship dispute among named apostles is a polarisation path.

    • Having a say in government

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.New Advent — GalatiansNew Advent · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Saint Paul the ApostleEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: New Advent — Galatians 2 Antioch incident as later English at https://www.newadvent.org/bible/gal001.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent). Independent locator: Britannica — Saint Paul, Antioch neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Paul-the-Apostle (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: New Advent — Galatians 2 Antioch incident as later English (https://www.newadvent.org/bible/gal001.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent). Independent carrier: Britannica — Saint Paul, Antioch neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Paul-the-Apostle (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Galatians receives an Antioch dispute in which Paul opposes Peter over table-fellowship with gentiles under 0048-01-01 for Saint Peter. Established: a sourced public record of Galatians receives an Antioch dispute in which Paul opposes Peter over table-fellowship with gentiles under 0048-01-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Year-level 48 is conventional. Mixed effects of Galatians receives an Antioch dispute in which Paul opposes Peter over table-fellowship with gentiles are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of Galatians receives an Antioch dispute in which Paul opposes Peter over table-fellowship with gentiles. Naming Saint Peter does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0048-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorPeter The Apostle
  2. contributed toFactGalatians receives an Antioch dispute in which Paul opposes Peter over table-fellowship with gentiles
  3. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Galatians receives an Antioch dispute in which Paul opposes Peter over table-fellowship with gentiles. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/pet-antioch-galatians

https://factrail.ai/facts/pet-antioch-galatians

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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