Apostles

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Christian religious office group of religious figures

The Apostles were the primary disciples of Jesus Christ, chosen to spread his teachings and lay the foundations of the early Christian Church.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Apostles of Jesus 4
Jesus’ disciples 2
Jesus' disciples 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious office ⓘ
group of religious figures ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Twelve ⓘ
Twelve Apostles ⓘ
appointedBy Jesus Christ ⓘ
associatedEvent Last Supper ⓘ
Pentecost ⓘ
authorityGivenBy Jesus Christ ⓘ
centralTo Apostolic Age ⓘ
surface form: early Christian Church
collectiveFeastDay Feast of Saints Peter and Paul ⓘ
Feast of the Twelve Apostles ⓘ
etymology from Greek apostolos meaning one who is sent ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
leadMember Peter ⓘ
member Andrew ⓘ
Apostle Bartholomew ⓘ
surface form: Bartholomew

Apostle James the Less ⓘ
surface form: James son of Alphaeus

Apostle James the Greater ⓘ
surface form: James son of Zebedee

John son of Zebedee ⓘ
Judas Iscariot ⓘ
Matthew ⓘ
Peter ⓘ
Philip ⓘ
Simon the Zealot ⓘ
Thaddaeus ⓘ
Thomas ⓘ
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
mission to cast out demons ⓘ
to heal the sick ⓘ
to make disciples of all nations ⓘ
to preach the Gospel ⓘ
numberOfMembers 12 ⓘ
primarySource New Testament ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
replacedMember Judas Iscariot ⓘ
replacementMember Matthias ⓘ
role founders of the early Christian Church ⓘ
messengers of Jesus Christ ⓘ
primary disciples of Jesus Christ ⓘ
symbolicNumber 12 ⓘ
symbolism Twelve Tribes of Israel ⓘ
surface form: twelve tribes of Israel
timePeriod 1st century CE ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Churches

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luke 21 → addressesAudience → Apostles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jesus’ disciples
subject surface form: Parable of the Faithful and Wicked Servants
this entity surface form: Jesus' disciples
Twelve Apostles → alsoKnownAs → Apostles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apostles of Jesus
subject surface form: Simon the Zealot
this entity surface form: Twelve Apostles in Acts 1:13
Saint Stephen → appointedBy → Apostles ⓘ
Stephen → appointedBy → Apostles ⓘ
this entity surface form: the apostles
Galilee → associatedWith → Apostles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apostles of Jesus
Whitsunday → associatedWith → Apostles ⓘ
subject surface form: Parable of the Fig Tree
this entity surface form: Jesus’ disciples
Andrew the Apostle → category → Apostles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apostles of Jesus
Death of the Virgin → depicts → Apostles ⓘ
Apostles' Fast → honors → Apostles ⓘ
this entity surface form: apostles of Jesus Christ
this entity surface form: Apostles of Jesus