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apostle

[uh-pos-uhl] / əˈpɒs əl /


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In the New Testament, the apostle Paul transformed Jewish tradition by moving God’s image from the physical body to the spiritual soul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

Dutch Sheets, an influential self-described prophet and apostle, said in his daily worship broadcast last week that he realized that God had a plan.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2024

Armed with a whiteboard and a penchant for grilling corporate executives during congressional hearings, Katie Porter quickly emerged as an apostle for Democrats in Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2024

This idea was popularized by Lance Wallnau, a Pentecostal Christian businessman, regarded as a prophet, an apostle, and a teacher.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024

That example is straightforward, but consider this one: the apostle Peter had authority over the Church; the pope is Peter’s successor; therefore the pope has authority over the Church.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Over time, he and his apostles took on various ideologies, dropping them for new ones as times changed and power beckoned.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Pope Francis had performed this ceremony, which re-enacts Jesus's gesture toward his apostles, among marginalised people, whether prisoners, migrants or the homeless.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

Behind the apostles, in a beehive of sociable activity, wingless angels busy themselves with rituals—tending to oil lamps, burning cypress branches, playing musical instruments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Drummond, a banker and MP for West Surrey, helped to build up the church which was founded with 12 apostles.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025

Malcolm X, who’d been dead for twenty-five years, exploded out of the small gatherings of his surviving apostles and returned to the world.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates


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