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| - | + | The '''''Apostolic Constitutions''''' or '''''Constitutions of the Holy Apostles''''' ([[Latin]]: ''Constitutiones Apostolorum'') is a [[Christianity|Christian]] collection of eight treatises which belongs to the [[Ancient Church Orders|Church Orders]], a [[genre]] of [[List of early Christian writers|early Christian literature]], that offered authoritative "apostolic" prescriptions on moral conduct, [[liturgy]] and [[Canon law|Church organization]]. | |
| - | According to the Bible's [[New Testament]], the '''Apostles''' were the primary [[Disciple (Christianity)|disciples]] of [[Jesus]], the central figure in [[Christianity]]. During the life and [[ministry of Jesus]] in the first century AD, the apostles were his closest followers and became the primary teachers of [[the gospel]] message of Jesus. The word "disciple" is sometimes used interchangeably with "apostle" for instance the [[Gospel of John]] makes no distinction between the two terms. In modern usage, prominent [[missionaries]] are identified as apostles a practice which stems from the Latin equivalent of apostle, ''missio'', the source of the English word "[[missionary]]". | + | |
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| - | While Christian tradition often refers to the apostles as being twelve in number, different gospel writers give different names for the same individual, and apostles mentioned in one gospel are not mentioned in another. The [[commissioning of the Twelve Apostles]] during the ministry of Jesus is recorded in the [[Synoptic Gospels]]. After his [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrection]], Jesus sent eleven of them (minus [[Judas Iscariot]], who by then had died) by the [[Great Commission]] to spread his teachings to all nations—an event referred to as the "[[Dispersion of the Apostles]]". There is also an [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christian]] tradition derived from the [[Gospel of Luke]] of there being as many as [[Seventy disciples|Seventy Apostles]] during the time of Jesus' ministry. Prominent figures in early Christianity were often called apostles even though their ministry or mission came after the life of Jesus. | + | |
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| - | The period of [[Early Christianity]] during the lifetimes of the apostles is called the [[Apostolic Age]]. During the first century, the apostles established churches throughout the territories of the [[Roman Empire]] and according to tradition through the [[Middle East]], [[Africa]], [[India]], and modern-day [[Ukraine]]. The apostle [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]], a Jew named Saul of Tarsus, is considered "the apostle of the [[Gentiles]]", for his missions to spread the gospel message after [[Conversion of Paul|his conversion]]. Although not one of the apostles commissioned during the life of Jesus, Paul claimed a special commission from the [[Resurrection appearances of Jesus|resurrected Jesus]]. In his writings, the epistles to Christian churches established throughout the [[Levant]]. Paul did not restrict the term "apostle" to the Twelve, and often refers to his mentor [[Barnabas]] as an apostle. The restricted usage appears in Revelation. | + | |
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| - | By the [[Christianity in the 2nd century|second century AD]], association with the apostles was esteemed as an evidence of authority and such churches are known as [[Apostolic see|Apostolic Sees]]. Paul's epistles were accepted as [[Development of the New Testament canon|scripture]], and two of the four gospels were associated with apostles, as were other New Testament works. Various Christian texts, such as the [[Didache]] and the [[Apostolic Constitutions]], were attributed to the apostles. [[Bishops]] traced their lines of succession back to individual apostles, who were said to have [[Dispersion of the Apostles|dispersed from Jerusalem]] and [[Early centers of Christianity|established churches]] across great territories. Christian bishops have traditionally claimed authority deriving, by [[apostolic succession]], from the Twelve. Early [[Church Fathers]] who came to be associated with apostles, such as [[Pope Clement I]] with [[St. Peter|Peter the Apostle]], are referred to as [[Apostolic Fathers]]. The [[Apostles' Creed]], popular in the [[Western Christianity|West]], was said to have been composed by the apostles themselves. The Twelve Apostles are also called the [[Disciple (Christianity)|Twelve Disciples]]. Several Christian and local traditions honour major [[missionaries]] as apostles—for example, [[Saint Patrick]] (AD 373–463) as "Apostle of Ireland" or [[Saint Boniface]] (680–755) as "Apostle to the Germans". | + | |
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| - | * [[Apostles' Fast]] | + | * [[Apostolic Church-Ordinance]] |
| - | * [[Council of Jerusalem|Apostolic Council]] | + | * [[Alexandrine Sinodos]] |
| - | * [[Apostolic Fathers]] | + | * ''[[Jus antiquum]]'' |
| - | * [[Apostolic succession]] | + | * [[Verona Palimpsest]] |
| - | * [[Commissioning the twelve apostles]] | + | |
| - | * [[Disciple (Christianity)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Disciples of Jesus in Islam]] | + | |
| - | * [[Dispersion of the apostles]] | + | |
| - | * [[Female disciples of Jesus]] | + | |
| - | * [[Great Commission]] | + | |
| - | * [[New Apostolic Church]] | + | |
| - | * [[New Testament]] | + | |
| - | * [[Old Apostolic Church]] | + | |
| - | * [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Seventy Disciples]] | + | |
| - | * [[Twelve Imams]] | + | |
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The Apostolic Constitutions or Constitutions of the Holy Apostles (Latin: Constitutiones Apostolorum) is a Christian collection of eight treatises which belongs to the Church Orders, a genre of early Christian literature, that offered authoritative "apostolic" prescriptions on moral conduct, liturgy and Church organization.
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