Once the apostles are "baptized with the Holy Spirit ... evangelize in the surrounding territory of Judea and Samaria (8-12). Eventually, the Church accepts Gentile believers and promotes ...
Later on, these will be known as a distinct group — the Twelve (Greek: dodeka), with or without the addition “apostles.” The number twelve has a clear historical and redemptive symbolism. The Twelve ...
The Apostles knew that the Holy Ghost would come ... till after the Ascension of Our Lord he is not numbered among the twelve. He is called the Apostle of the Gentiles; that is, of all those ...