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| An Apostle is
one who is sent out by our Lord Jesus Christ to spread the
gospel that he is
the Messiah, that he is risen, and that we are being saved as a result.
The word apostle comes from the Greek
αποστολος, literally meaning "one who is sent out." Originally a
military term referring to a sortie sent out against the enemy,
apostle has in the Christian context come to refer to a missionary
spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ
Our Lord originally appointed
twelve apostles as his initial Church community, commissioned with the
task of sharing the faith. As told in the Gospels, Judas Iscariot was
originally one of them, but with his apostasy and death, he was replaced
with Matthias. Their collective feast day is June 30.
After Judas' replacement, the
Twelve consisted of the following:
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