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

Example Sentences

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

And yet all this did occur in the apostolic age.

From An Amicable Controversy with a Jewish Rabbi, on The Messiah's Coming by Park, J. R. (John Ranicar)

One scholar studies the life of Christ, another makes the apostolic age the topic of his special research; one is commenting upon the Gospels, another upon the letters of Saint Paul.

From The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation by Dobschutz, Ernst Von

There is now a Bishop of London who might not acknowledge the claim even for the apostolic age.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel

But opinion was still fluid about baptism in the apostolic age, especially as to its connexion with the descent of the Spirit.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various