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

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.

It was a natural feature of the apostolic age that the disciples should lose their first courage and become afraid, when the hard experience they were to expect became plain to them.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles

Such was the catholicism of the apostolic age.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

Commencing in the apostolic age, sections of the globe were evangelized—in Asia and Africa, that have never received the gospel since, either under the reformers or by modern missionaries.

From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester