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Definition of Apostle paul
1. Noun. (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle. "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity"
Category relationships: New Testament
Generic synonyms: Apostelic Father, Apostle, Missionary, Missioner, Saint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apostle Paul
Literary usage of Apostle paul
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... the reason why the people to whom they were addressed kept them with such care
was the belief that they had been written by the apostle paul. ..."
2. An Exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians. by John Brown (1853)
"While Peter went too far toward betraying our privileges, our apostle paul stood
up with a courage and zeal becoming himself. For us in particular, ..."
3. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Allan Menzies, Bernhard Pick (1903)
"Because even the book of Genesis so long ago promised me the apostle paul.
For among the types and prophetic blessings which he pronounced over his sons, ..."
4. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"THE OTHER APOSTLES AFTER THE APPEARANCE OF THE apostle paul. Only in reference
to the most distinguished of the Apostles have any trustworthy accounts ..."
5. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1885)
"THE INFLUENCE OF THE apostle paul ON CHRISTIANITY.*— Professor Pfleiderer is one
of the acutest and clearest as well as most candid and self-consistent of ..."
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