apostle 音標拼音: [əp'ɑsəl]
n . 基督十二使徒之一,最初的傳道者
基督十二使徒之一,最初的傳道者
apostle n 1 :
an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform ; "
an apostle of revolution "
2 :
any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people [
synonym : {
Apostle }, {
Apostelic Father }]
3 : (
New Testament )
one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel Apostle \
A *
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n . [
OE .
apostle ,
apostel ,
postle ,
AS .
apostol ,
L .
apostolus ,
fr .
Gr . ?
messenger ,
one sent forth or away ,
fr . ?
to send off or away ; ?
from ?
to send ;
akin to G .
stellen to set ,
E .
stall :
cf .
F .
ap [^
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tre ,
Of .
apostre ,
apostle ,
apostele ,
apostole .]
1 .
Literally :
One sent forth ;
a messenger .
Specifically :
One of the twelve disciples of Christ ,
specially chosen as his companions and witnesses ,
and sent forth to preach the gospel .
[
1913 Webster ]
He called unto him his disciples ,
and of them he chose twelve ,
whom also he named apostles . --
Luke vi .
13 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The title of apostle is also applied to others ,
who ,
though not of the number of the Twelve ,
yet were equal with them in office and dignity ;
as , "
Paul ,
called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ ." --
1 Cor .
i .
1 .
In --
Heb .
iii .
1 ,
the name is given to Christ himself ,
as having been sent from heaven to publish the gospel .
In the primitive church ,
other ministers were called apostles --(
Rom .
xvi .
7 ).
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world ;
also ,
one who initiates any great moral reform ,
or first advocates any important belief ;
one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer ;
as ,
Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France ,
John Eliot the apostle to the Indians ,
Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance .
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3 . (
Civ . &
Admiralty Law )
A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court ,
stating the case ,
etc .;
a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts . --
Wharton .
Burrill .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Apostles '
creed },
a creed of unknown origin ,
which was formerly ascribed to the apostles .
It certainly dates back to the beginning of the sixth century ,
and some assert that it can be found in the writings of Ambrose in the fourth century .
{
Apostle spoon } (
Antiq .),
a spoon of silver ,
with the handle terminating in the figure of an apostle .
One or more were offered by sponsors at baptism as a present to the godchild . --
B .
Jonson .
[
1913 Webster ]
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "
apostle ":
Aaronic priesthood ,
Ambrose of Milan ,
Athanasius ,
Barnabas ,
Basil ,
Clement of Alexandria ,
Clement of Rome ,
Cyprian of Carthage ,
Cyril of Jerusalem ,
Gregory of Nyssa ,
Hermas ,
Ignatius ,
Irenaeus ,
Jerome ,
John ,
John Chrysostom ,
Justin Martyr ,
Lactantius Firmianus ,
Luke ,
Mark ,
Melchizedek priesthood ,
Origen ,
Papias ,
Paul ,
Peter ,
Polycarp ,
Seventy ,
Tertullian ,
ante -
Nicene Fathers ,
bishop ,
colporteur ,
convert ,
converter ,
deacon ,
disciple ,
elder ,
evangelist ,
follower ,
high priest ,
missionary ,
missioner ,
patriarch ,
priest ,
propagandist ,
proselyte ,
proselyter ,
proselytizer ,
saint ,
teacher Apostle 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 designating the body of disciples to whom he intrusted the organization of his church and the dissemination of his gospel , "
the twelve ,"
as they are called (
Matt .
10 :
1 -
5 ;
Mark 3 :
14 ;
6 :
7 ;
Luke 6 :
13 ;
9 :
1 ).
We have four lists of the apostles ,
one by each of the synoptic evangelists (
Matt .
10 :
2 -
4 ;
Mark 3 :
16 ;
Luke 6 :
14 ),
and one in the Acts (
1 :
13 ).
No two of these lists ,
however ,
perfectly coincide .
Our Lord gave them the "
keys of the kingdom ,"
and by the gift of his Spirit fitted them to be the founders and governors of his church (
John 14 :
16 ,
17 ,
26 ;
15 :
26 ,
27 ;
16 :
7 -
15 ).
To them ,
as representing his church ,
he gave the commission to "
preach the gospel to every creature " (
Matt .
28 :
18 -
20 ).
After his ascension he communicated to them ,
according to his promise ,
supernatural gifts to qualify them for the discharge of their duties (
Acts 2 :
4 ;
1 Cor .
2 :
16 ;
2 :
7 ,
10 ,
13 ;
2 Cor .
5 :
20 ;
1 Cor .
11 :
2 ).
Judas Iscariot ,
one of "
the twelve ,"
fell by transgression ,
and Matthias was substituted in his place (
Acts 1 :
21 ).
Saul of Tarsus was afterwards added to their number (
Acts 9 :
3 -
20 ;
20 :
4 ;
26 :
15 -
18 ;
1 Tim .
1 :
12 ;
2 :
7 ;
2 Tim .
1 :
11 ).
Luke has given some account of Peter ,
John ,
and the two Jameses (
Acts 12 :
2 ,
17 ;
15 :
13 ;
21 :
18 ),
but beyond this we know nothing from authentic history of the rest of the original twelve .
After the martyrdom of James the Greater (
Acts 12 :
2 ),
James the Less usually resided at Jerusalem ,
while Paul , "
the apostle of the uncircumcision ,"
usually travelled as a missionary among the Gentiles (
Gal .
2 :
8 ).
It was characteristic of the apostles and necessary (
1 )
that they should have seen the Lord ,
and been able to testify of him and of his resurrection from personal knowledge (
John 15 :
27 ;
Acts 1 :
21 ,
22 ;
1 Cor .
9 :
1 ;
Acts 22 :
14 ,
15 ). (
2 .)
They must have been immediately called to that office by Christ (
Luke 6 :
13 ;
Gal .
1 :
1 ). (
3 .)
It was essential that they should be infallibly inspired ,
and thus secured against all error and mistake in their public teaching ,
whether by word or by writing (
John 14 :
26 ;
16 :
13 ;
1 Thess .
2 :
13 ).
(
4 .)
Another qualification was the power of working miracles (
Mark 16 :
20 ;
Acts 2 :
43 ;
1 Cor .
12 :
8 -
11 ).
The apostles therefore could have had no successors .
They are the only authoritative teachers of the Christian doctrines .
The office of an apostle ceased with its first holders .
In 2 Cor .
8 :
23 and Phil .
2 :
25 the word "
messenger "
is the rendering of the same Greek word ,
elsewhere rendered "
apostle ."
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