Meaning of apostle
Apostle
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Meaning of apostle :
The name means “one who is sent.” It is used to designate both the Twelve core disciples in Jesus’ ministry but also is used by the New Testament to name a wider range of missionaries such as Paul, Barnabus and others. The idea of “apostle” reminds us that we are always to connect the core of our faith to what the early Church handed on through the apostles. Twelve apostles were picked by Jesus, with Simon Peter as their leader in order to symbolically represent the twelve tribes of Israel. Most of their names are known for certain, although there are slight differences in the gospel listings (Matthew 10:1-4, Mark 3:13-19, Luke 6:12-16). By custom they are often remembered by the acronym “B.A.P.T.I.S.M.” where the “I” represents a “J,” since there was no use of “J” in Greek: B: Bartholomew, A: Andrew, P: Peter, Phillip, T: Thomas, Thaddeus (also called Jude Thaddeus because one gospel lists the name Jude but not the name Thaddeus, I: John, James son of Alphaeus (called the “greater” because he was chosen earliest by Jesus), James (called the “lesser” because he was chosen later), Judas Iscariot, S: Simon the Zealot, M: Matthew, Matthias (who replaced Judas after Judas Iscariot killed himself).
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