– Identifies the role of an announcer of the faith chosen and sent by Jesus to proclaim the Gospel or the Good News of the Kingdom:
Mt 10,2 : These are the names of the twelve apostles: the first, Simon, called Peter; then Andrew, his brother.
Mt 28,18-19 : Go therefore and teach all nations; baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Mk 3,13-14 : He appointed twelve of them to stay with him.
Mark 6:30 : The apostles returned to Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.
– Jesus is sent by the Father:
Jn 3,17.34 : The one whom God sent speaks the language of God, because he gives the Spirit without measure.
Jo 5,36 : But I have greater testimony than that of John, because of the works that my Father gave me to do.
Rom 8:3 : Sending his own Son on account of sin in the likeness of sin.
Gal 4 :4 : But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, who was born of a woman.
Heb 3:1 : Consider the messenger and high priest of the faith we profess, Jesus.
– And the disciples are sent by him; are apostles, above all, the Twelve:
Mt 10,2-3 : These are the names of the twelve apostles: the first, Simon, called Peter.
Mk 3,13-14 : He appointed twelve of them to stay with him.
Lk 6:13 : At dawn he called his disciples and chose twelve of them whom he called apostles.
Lk 22:14 : When the time had come, Jesus sat at the table, and the apostles with him.
Acts 1,2.13 : From the beginning until the day when, after having given his instructions to the apostles by the Holy Spirit.
Rev 21:14 : The city wall had twelve foundations with the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
– Legacies of Christ, receive special powers, and in this general sense the term is used:
John 13:16 : A servant is not greater than his master, nor is one sent greater than the one who sent him.
2Cor 8,23 : As for our brothers, they are legates of the churches, which are the glory of Christ.
Phil 2:25 : I thought it necessary to send you our brother Epaphroditus, my companion in labor and battle.
– The term is normally used to indicate a group of people: the envoys of the Risen Jesus:
Jo 20,21 : Peace be with you! As the Father sent me, so I send you.
1Cor 9,1 : Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my workmanship in the Lord?
1Cor 15,7 : Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
– With the task of being his witnesses:
Mt 28:19 : Go therefore and teach all nations; baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Jo 20,21 : Peace be with you! As the Father sent me, so I send you.
Rom 1 :5 : In order to lead, in his name, all pagan nations to the obedience of faith.
1Cor 1,17 : Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the Gospel.
– Election of the apostles:
Mk 3:14 : He appointed twelve of them to stay with him.
Lk 6:13 : At dawn he called his disciples and chose twelve of them whom he called apostles.
– Your preaching mission:
Mt 10,1-15 : Jesus gathered his twelve disciples. He gave them the power to cast out unclean spirits.
Mt 28:19 : Go therefore and teach all nations; baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Mk 16:15 : And he said to them: “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature”.
Lc 24,46-49 : And that in his name penance and remission of sins would be preached to all nations.
Jn 15:16.27 : You did not choose me, but I chose you […] that you should go and bear fruit.
Acts 1:8 : But the Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you strength; and you will be my witnesses.
Acts 10:42 : He ordered us to preach to the people and to testify that he was appointed by God.
– Pursuits and works:
Mt 10,16-23 : You will be hated by all because of my name, but he who perseveres to the end will be saved.
1Cor 15,30s : And why do we expose ourselves to danger all the time? Every day, brothers, I expose myself to death.
– His flight and fear:
Mt 26,56.70-74 : Then the disciples abandoned him and fled.
Jn 20:19 : The disciples had closed the doors of the place where they were, for fear of the Jews.
– His firmness after the coming of the Holy Spirit:
Acts 2:14 : Peter, then, standing up with the Eleven, with a strong voice said to them.
Acts 3:12 : Why do you stare at us, as if […] we had made this man walk?
Acts 4:19s : Judge for yourselves whether it is right with God for us to obey you more than God.
Acts 5,19-32 : Obeying this order, they entered the temple at dawn and began to teach.
2Cor 10,4ss : The weapons with which we fight are not carnal. They are mighty, in God, able to tear down fortifications.
– Matthias is chosen to take the place of Judas, the traitor:
Acts 1,21-26 : They cast lots and the lot fell for Matthias, who was incorporated into the eleven apostles.
– Paul is an apostle by mission received from the risen Jesus:
Acts 9:19 : Meanwhile, Saul only breathed threats and death against the disciples of the Lord.
Acts 9:27 : Then Barnabas […] presented him to the apostles and told them how Saul saw the Lord on the way.
Acts 22:21 : But he answered me: “Go, because I will send you far away to the nations…”.
Acts 26:17 : I have chosen you from among the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am now sending you.
Rom 1 :5 : And from whom we have received grace and apostleship, in order to carry it out in his name.
Rom 11:13 : I declare this to you, men of pagan origin: as an apostle to the pagans, I try to honor my ministry.
Rm 15,16.18 : Of being the minister of Jesus Christ among the pagans, exercising the sacred function of the Gospel of God.
Gal 1:16 : To reveal his Son in my person, so that I might make him known among the Gentiles.
Gal 2:7 : On the contrary, they saw that the evangelization of the uncircumcised was entrusted to me.
– Barnabas:
Acts 14:14 : But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, when they realized this, tore their clothes.
– Timothy, Titus and others:
Rom 16 :7 : Greet Andronicus and Junias […], who are highly esteemed among the apostles.
1Cor 12,28-29 : In the Church, God made apostles first, prophets second.
1Cor 15,7 : Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
2Cor 8,23 : As for Titus, he is my partner and my collaborator with you.
Eph 4:11 : To some he appointed apostles; to others, prophets; to others, evangelists, pastors, doctors.
– Fundamentals of the Church:
2Cor 3,6 : He has made us fit to be ministers of the New Covenant, not that of the letter, but that of the Spirit.
Eph 2:20 : Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
– Ambassadors of Christ:
Rom 16:25 : To him who is able to establish you, according to my Gospel, in the preaching of Jesus Christ.
2Cor 5:20 : Therefore, we carry out the task of ambassadors in the name of Christ.
Eph 6:19-20 : So that I may be able to boldly announce the mystery of the Gospel, whose ambassador I am.
– Founders of the New People of God:
Mt 10,1-2 : Jesus gathered his twelve disciples. He gave them the power to cast out unclean spirits.
Mk 3,13-19 : He appointed twelve of them to stay with him.
Lk 6,12-13 : He called his disciples and chose twelve of them whom he called apostles.
Jn 6:70 : Jesus added: “Did I not choose you, all twelve? However, one of you is a demon!…”.
Acts 1:13 , 15-25 : Having entered the upper room, they went up to the upper room, where they used to stay.
1Cor 15,5 : To take in this […] apostolate the place of Judas who went astray, to go to his own place.
Rev 21:14 : The city wall had twelve foundations with the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
– They will judge the twelve tribes:
Mt 19:28 : You who followed me will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
– Your apostolate is a mission of trust:
1Cor 4,1-2 : Let men consider us, therefore, as simple workers of Christ.
Eph 3,2.7 : I became a servant of this Gospel by virtue of the grace given to me by the omnipotent divine action.
1Tm 1,11-12 : I thank the one who gave me strength, Jesus Christ our Lord, because he judged me worthy of trust.
– Its effectiveness depends on the grace of God:
1Cor 3,7 : So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God alone, who makes it grow.
1Cor 15,10 : But, by the grace of God, I am what I am, and the grace he has given me has not been in vain.
– The apostle is willing to give his life for the community:
Phl 2,17 : Even if I have to shed my blood on the sacrifice in honor of your faith.
1Th 2,8 : We wanted not only to communicate to you the Gospel of God, but even our own life.
– It’s like a father and a mother:
1Cor 4,15 : Well, it was I who begat you in Christ Jesus through the Gospel.
2Cor 6,13 : I speak as to my children: you too have opened wide your hearts.
2Cor 12:15 : I will most gladly give what is mine, and I will give myself for your souls.
Gal 4:18-19 : My little children, for whom I am again in labor pains until Christ is formed in you.
1Th 2,7.11 : And you know that we dealt with each one of you as a father with his children.
– He experiences a divine jealousy towards his children:
2Cor 11 :2 : For I betrothed you to one husband and presented you to Christ as a chaste virgin.
– Finds comfort and sustenance in his faithful:
2Cor 1,14 : We are your glory, just as you will be ours, on the day of the Lord Jesus.
2Cor 2,3 : I trust in all of you that my joy may be that of all.
2Cor 3,2 : You yourselves are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men.
1Th 3,7 : We were comforted by you, in the midst of all our distresses and tribulations, by virtue of your faith.
– Find your courage in God:
2Cor 3,6 : He has made us fit to be ministers of the New Covenant, not that of the letter, but that of the Spirit.
1Th 2,2 : We dare, trusting in our God, to preach the Gospel of God to you in the midst of many struggles.
– It should only please him:
1Th 2,4-5 : We speak, not to please men, but to please God.
– And be faithful to your commitment:
1Cor 4,2 : Now what is required of administrators is that they be faithful.
