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Overview
What Defines This GroupingA Christian category: those sent out by Jesus, above all the Twelve chosen during his ministry, together with Paul and a few others to whom the title is extended. It does not transfer to the other traditions in the atlas. 2 Size of the Traditional SetTwelve on every gospel list, though the lists do not agree in every name; Paul and others are called apostles outside that number. 2 Learn More
The Apostles
This group holds the apostles: in Christian tradition, those sent out by Jesus to carry his message, above all the Twelve chosen during his ministry and figures such as Paul added later. They are the foundational witnesses on whom the early Church understood itself to be built.
The browser will find the Twelve, including Peter, John, James and their companions, along with Paul and others called apostles. The entries describe each figure's role in the Gospels and the early Church, and the traditions of their later missions and deaths.
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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised edition
F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2005on the apostles and apostolic successionView the Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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