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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

While church President Russell M. Nelson, 99, told Mr. Holland earlier this year that the apostle would rededicate the temple, the longtime LDS leader nearly didn’t make it.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

Apostle Joseph Mattera, who until recently was convening apostle of the U.S.

From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2023

Nicolas made fun of his social concerns, arguing that only a fool with the calling of an apostle would go out into the world seeking misery and ugliness with the stump of a candle.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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

As a viewer marches down the nave toward the high altar, the apostles also come into view, on a trompe l’oeil ledge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

At the church of St Paul Outside the Walls they walked down some steps to the tomb of St Paul, one of Christ's apostles.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 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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