subapostolic

/ ˌsʌbæpəˈstɒlɪk /

adjective

1. Christianity of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles

Example Sentences

Subapostolic, sub-ap-os-tol′ik, adj. pertaining to the period just after that of the apostles—that of Barnabas, Clement of Rome, Hermas, Ignatius, Papias, and Polycarp.

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It belonged also to the prophets, who would have been recognized as men inspired of God in all the churches, and who in the subapostolic age are found in some districts exercising functions like those of the apostles in the first age.

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It seems tolerably clear that the Fourth Gospel was not written by an eye-witness, and that it implies not a knowledge of the historic Jesus so much as an acquaintance with the subapostolic Church.

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And these three points, if we may judge from subapostolic writings, were those which influenced the Church most.

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