The Church of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) have people they call "apostles". Other movements may similarly call someone that is still living an "apostle". You'll have to decide for yourself whether such people have any relationship with the apostles that followed Jesus Christ about 2000 years ago - if that's what you are after.
apostles
The Apostles were not paid. They spent their lives following Jesus around for no pay.
The Apostles' Creed was written in the 4th century, around the year 390 AD.
The twelve Apostles are now known as the 7 dwarves.
He was once their persecutor and now he is one of the disciples.
The 'oral tradition' is no longer necessary as we now have all the Apostles teachings written down for us in the New testament.
AnswerApart from what can be discovered from Paul's epistles and Acts of the Apostles, we know nothing about the fates of the apostles. It was almost as if they never really existed, so it is no wonder that future generations of Christians created elaborate stories around the persecution and martyrdom of each of the apostles. However, there is no good reason to believe that the apostles were really persecuted or demonised.
Jesus passed the bread to the Apostles sitting close to him, who inturn passed to the other Apostles.
Around 11 of them and they add one for the replace of Judas Iscariot.
They would travel around and preach to people.
A:The New Testament epistles are named for the apostles in whose names they were written or the apostles the second-century Church Fathers believed to have written them. The apostles are: Paul, James, Peter, John and Jude. The apostle Paul certainly wrote some of the epistles named for him, but scholars believe that the other epistles were all written pseudepigraphically, not by the apostles whose names they now bear.
There is no standard collective noun for a group of apostles, in which case a noun suitable for the situation can be used; for example, a congregation of apostles, a gathering of apostles, a posse of apostles, etc.