Both Uses of
apostle
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- But he confin'd himself to five points only, as meant by the apostle, viz.†
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- I purposed writing a little comment on each virtue, in which I would have shown the advantages of possessing it, and the mischiefs attending its opposite vice; and I should have called my book THE ART OF VIRTUE,[7] because it would have shown the means and manner of obtaining virtue, which would have distinguished it from the mere exhortation to be good, that does not instruct and indicate the means, but is like the apostle's man of verbal charity, who only without showing to the naked and hungry how or where they might get clothes or victuals, exhorted them to be fed and clothed.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(apostle as in: an apostle for the cause) an enthusiastic early supporter of a cause or reform
or:
any important Christian missionary -- especially the first to a country or region -
(2)
(Apostle as in: chosen by Jesus) Christianity: one of the original 12 disciples (followers) chosen by Jesus Christ to preach his gospel
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Mormonism: In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an apostle is a priesthood office of high authority within the church hierarchy.