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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

Huntley auditioned for the Bowl’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” 2025 production, this time as Simon Zealotes, the fiery apostle with one of the show’s most rousing anthems.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 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

The young, even those who felt that the African-American apostle of nonviolence was an anachronism, reacted with anger.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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

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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