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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

More realistically, he pictured a kind of assistant to the man-god, say a half step up from an apostle.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

They are clad variously in red porphyry, black basalt, gray granite and yellowish sandstone from nearby Montjuïc, with emblems symbolizing the four evangelists, the 12 apostles and an assortment of Catholic saints and geographic regions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

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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