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In the Gospels, the 12 and others were called both.
In the Gospels, the 12 and others were called both.
In the Gospels, the 12 and others were called both.
Luke 9 vs 10 the 12 were called Apostles, 4 verses later they are called disciples.A disciple is a student. An Apostle is an emissary. The Apostles were at first disciples, but they "graduated" to Apostle.
Luke was writing long after the fact and may have used the terms interchangeably.Luke 9 vs 10 the 12 were called Apostles, 4 verses later they are called disciples.
Did they loose their ‘graduation’?
And all lacked what Paul had. . .caught up to the third heaven and hearing things he was not allowed to speak.@HTacianas is right that a disciple learns, an apostle proclaims the message. The two terms are interchangeable concerning the twelve apostles of the Lord. The most obvious difference between apostles and disciples is knowledge and experience, another difference is between the twelve apostles of the Lord and the other apostles such as saint Paul. These other apostles had knowledge and experience, but they were not chosen to be apostles directly by Jesus Christ while he was still upon this Earth. Matthias is numbered among the twelve and he was chosen by lot guided by the Holy Spirit, and he had a qualification that saint Paul lacked, he was an eyewitness of Christ's earthly ministry and resurrection.
all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares.In the Gospels, the 12 and others were called both.
I am speaking of the 12 -all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares.
The Apostles (the 12) were all disciples
But the 70 disciples and others -- were not all "Apostles"