n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.

Old English apostol "messenger," especially the 12 witnesses sent forth by Jesus to preach his Gospel, from Late Latin apostolus, from Greek apostolos "messenger, person sent forth,&quo [..]

Apostle [N] [B] [S]a person sent by another; a messenger; envoy. This word is once used as a descriptive designation of Jesus Christ, the Sent of the Father ( Hebrews 3:1 ; John 20:21 ). It is, howeve [..]

a person sent by another; a messenger; envoy. This word is once used as a descriptive designation of Jesus Christ, the Sent of the Father (Heb. 3:1; John 20:21). It is, however, generally used as desi [..]

(one sent forth), in the New Testament originally the official name of those twelve of the disciples whom Jesus chose to send forth first to preach the gospel and to be with him during the course of h [..]

(n) an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform(n) any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people(n) (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Ch [..]

The twelve closest followers of Jesus, including Saint Peter, Saint Andrew, Saint James (the Greater), Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Thomas, Saint James (the Lesser), Saint Jude, Saint Philip, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Matthew, Saint Simon, and Judus Isacariot who was replaced by Saint Matthias.  The apostles are sometimes referred to as disciple [..]

n. "apostle; (with the, as quasi-proper n.) Saint Paul," s.v. apostle OED. KEY: apostle@n

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One of the early missionaries of the Christian Church, especially one of “The Twelve”, the inner circle of disciples who had been chosen and trained by Jesus to spread his message. The word means “one [..]