apostle
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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
This idea was popularized by Lance Wallnau, a Pentecostal Christian businessman, regarded as a prophet, an apostle, and a teacher.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024
He stood as still and meditative as a Greek Orthodox apostle.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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
When those apostles died, the church was closed for a "time of silence", beginning in 1901 and to last until the Second Coming.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
What the documentary describes as the “shock wave” from Jesus’ doleful announcement of profound betrayal within his cohort is seen rippling through the facial features and bodily gestures of the gathered apostles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024
He was reaching down to the apostles above the altar to present the four rolled-up sheepskins of the Gospels.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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