apostolic age

American  

noun

1. the earliest period of Christianity, lasting through the death of the last apostle.

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Etymology

Origin of apostolic age

First recorded in 1840–50

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apostolic age

As best we can tell, local churches in the Roman world of the apostolic age were essentially small communes, self-sustaining but also able to share resources with one another when need dictated.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2017

How does this comport with the assumption that the existence of the human Jesus was never doubted in the apostolic age?

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.

De Rossi unhesitatingly says that he believes this painting of our Blessed Lady to belong almost to the apostolic age.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

On the whole the evidence does not seem sufficient to prove the contention that an order of deaconesses—in the ecclesiastical sense of the term—existed from the apostolic age.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

We must endeavour to ascertain whether this is a true representation of the early development of the Church, and of the momentous history of the apostolic age.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard