Apostolic Age
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The Apostolic Age is the earliest period of Christian history, spanning the lives and ministries of Jesus’s original apostles and the first generation of church leaders.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apostolic Age canonical | 4 |
| early Christian Church | 3 |
| Early Christianity | 2 |
| Early Church | 2 |
| New Testament period | 2 |
| age of the apostles | 1 |
| early Christianity | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T938684 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Apostolic Age Context triple: [Clement of Rome, timePeriod, Apostolic Age]
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Early Christians
Early Christians were the first followers of Jesus in the 1st centuries CE, forming communities that developed the core beliefs, practices, and texts that became the foundation of Christianity.
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Common Era
The Common Era (CE) is the widely used secular calendar era that counts years from the traditional date of the birth of Jesus, corresponding to the same years as AD in the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
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Amoraic period
The Amoraic period was the era in Jewish history (roughly 3rd–5th centuries CE) during which rabbinic sages known as Amoraim developed and interpreted the Mishnah, producing the Talmud and shaping classical Rabbinic Judaism.
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Late Antiquity
Late Antiquity was the transitional historical period from roughly the 3rd to the 8th century CE, marking the transformation of the Roman world into medieval Europe and the early Byzantine and Islamic civilizations.
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Apostolic Fathers
The Apostolic Fathers are a group of early Christian theologians and church leaders of the late first and early second centuries whose writings form an important bridge between the New Testament and later Christian doctrine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Apostolic Age Target entity description: The Apostolic Age is the earliest period of Christian history, spanning the lives and ministries of Jesus’s original apostles and the first generation of church leaders.
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A.
Early Christians
Early Christians were the first followers of Jesus in the 1st centuries CE, forming communities that developed the core beliefs, practices, and texts that became the foundation of Christianity.
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B.
Common Era
The Common Era (CE) is the widely used secular calendar era that counts years from the traditional date of the birth of Jesus, corresponding to the same years as AD in the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
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C.
Amoraic period
The Amoraic period was the era in Jewish history (roughly 3rd–5th centuries CE) during which rabbinic sages known as Amoraim developed and interpreted the Mishnah, producing the Talmud and shaping classical Rabbinic Judaism.
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D.
Late Antiquity
Late Antiquity was the transitional historical period from roughly the 3rd to the 8th century CE, marking the transformation of the Roman world into medieval Europe and the early Byzantine and Islamic civilizations.
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E.
Apostolic Fathers
The Apostolic Fathers are a group of early Christian theologians and church leaders of the late first and early second centuries whose writings form an important bridge between the New Testament and later Christian doctrine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical period
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period of Christian history ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Apostolic Age
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surface form:
age of the apostles
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| centralEvent |
Council of Jerusalem
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Pentecost ⓘ Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
surface form:
crucifixion of Jesus
founding of the church in Jerusalem ⓘ ministry of Jesus ⓘ resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form:
resurrection of Jesus
|
| centralTheme |
Jewish–Gentile relations in the church
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development of early Christian doctrine ⓘ early Christian persecution ⓘ formation of early Christian communities ⓘ missionary journeys of the apostles ⓘ spread of Christianity ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
apostolic authority
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charismatic gifts ⓘ composition of many New Testament writings ⓘ emergence of church offices ⓘ itinerant missionaries ⓘ |
| follows |
historical Jesus
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surface form:
Life of Jesus
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| hasEndPoint |
c. 100 CE
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death of the apostle John ⓘ |
| hasMainParticipants |
Apostle Paul
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surface form:
Paul the Apostle
Twelve Apostles ⓘ first-generation Christian leaders ⓘ |
| hasSource |
Acts of the Apostles
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Book of Revelation ⓘ Catholic Epistles ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic epistles
Pauline Epistles ⓘ
surface form:
Pauline epistles
early Christian tradition ⓘ |
| hasStartPoint | c. 30 CE ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| location |
Asia Minor
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Galilee ⓘ Greece ⓘ Italy ⓘ Judea ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Syria ⓘ |
| partOf |
Early Christians
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surface form:
Early Christianity
|
| precedes |
Patristic age
ⓘ
Post-apostolic age ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
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Subject: Apostolic Age Description of subject: The Apostolic Age is the earliest period of Christian history, spanning the lives and ministries of Jesus’s original apostles and the first generation of church leaders.
Referenced by (15)
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