apostleship
Americannoun
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The idea that statements about Mary Magdalene and her "apostleship" contradict the rulings of John Paul II is discounted by many Catholic commentators.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2017
After a course of preaching and apostleship at Delhi, Sayyid Aḥmad set out in 1820 for Calcutta, attended by numerous adherents.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
He created the apostleship and therewith the germ of the Church in order to serve the people whose needs he saw and felt.
From The Social Principles of Jesus by Walter Rauschenbusch
Its recognition of Paul's independent gospel and apostleship as no less divine than Peter's is their guarantee of liberty and equality; its request for brotherly aid is their promise of fraternity.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
Afterwards he exchanged his military command for an apostleship, after gaining knowledge by private study.
From Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by Ernst Viktor Zenker
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