apostle

n.

(A-)（基督教的）使徒；早期基督教的传教士；摩门教教会的十二个行政执事之一；（改革运动的）倡导者

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1. I bought a book on the passing of spiritual authority from the apostles through successive popes and other bishops.
   我买了一本关于神权自使徒传至教皇及其他主教的一脉相承的书。
2. He was one of the apostles of the new culture.
   他曾是新文化的倡导者之一。

Book Review: The Theology of Paul the Apostle
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The First Urban Christians:The Social World of the Apostle Paul, Second Edition
The First Urban Christians. The Social World of the Apostle Paul by W. A. Meeks
Density-Independent Survival of Wild Lake Trout in the Apostle Islands Area of Lake Superior
Double-Crested Cormorants in the Apostle Islands, Wisconsin, USA: Population Trends, Food Habits, and Fishery Depredations
American black bear population size and genetic diversity at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Morphometric Variation in Oaks of the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin: Evidence of Hybridization Between Quercus rubra and Q. ellipsoid...
Isozyme variation in oaks of the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin: genetic structure and levels of inbreeding in Quercus rubra and Q. el...
Predator-Prey Relations and Competition for Food Between Age-0 Lake Trout and Slimy Sculpins in the Apostle Island Region of Lake Su...