* 1844 – The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

Acts tells the story of the Apostolic Age of the Early Christian church, with particular emphasis on the ministry of the Twelve Apostles and of Paul of Tarsus.

The early chapters, set in Jerusalem, discuss Jesus ' Resurrection and Great Commission, his Ascension with a prophecy to return, the start of the Twelve Apostles ' ministry, and the Day of Pentecost.

This lineage of ordination is traceable, according to " apostolic " churches, to the original Twelve Apostles, thus making the Church the continuation of the early Apostolic Christian community.

According to their teaching, a period of universal apostasy followed the death of the Twelve Apostles.

The name of the Creed may come from the probably 5th-century tradition that, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit after Pentecost, each of the Twelve Apostles dictated part of it.

Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Old Catholic, Independent Catholic Churches, and in the Assyrian Church of the East, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles.

On January 1, 2000, the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles released a proclamation entitled " The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles ".

He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.

Twelve students who studied under St. Finnian became known as the Twelve Apostles of Ireland ; Columba was one of them.

A tradition exists among some families to serve twelve different dishes at Wigilia symbolizing the Twelve Apostles, or perhaps, an odd number of dishes for good luck ( usually five, seven, or nine ).

Some see the qualities of Cernunnos subsumed into the life of Saint Ciarán of Saighir, one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.

Not numbered among the Twelve Apostles, unless he is identified as James the Less, James was nonetheless a very important figure: Paul described him as " the brother of the Lord " in Galatians 1: 19 and as one of the three " pillars of the Church " in 2: 9.

It is usually considered that bishops derive their authority from an unbroken, personal Apostolic Succession from the Twelve Apostles of Jesus.

* 1835 – The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.

' Along with Peter, the unnamed disciple is especially close to Jesus, and early-church tradition identified him as John the Apostle, one of Jesus ' Twelve Apostles.

Baldung's most sustained effort is the altarpiece of Freiburg, where the Coronation of the Virgin, and the Twelve Apostles, the Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity and Flight into Egypt, and the Crucifixion, with portraits of donors, are executed with some of that fanciful power that Martin Schongauer bequeathed to the Swabian school.

Typical of Collins's sardonic sense of humour, the squad was often referred to as his " Twelve Apostles ".

A fellowship of Twelve Apostles carries a wooden statue of Christ around the town, while children go door to door offering the palms ( box ) for coins.

Eusebius mentions that Quadratus and Ammia of Philadelphia were both prominent prophets following the age of the Twelve Apostles.

During the Ministry of Jesus on earth, before his crucifixion, he commissioned his Twelve Apostles to, among other things, raise the dead.

* 1924 – Boyd K. Packer, American religious leader and educator, 26th President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

* 1940 – Quentin L. Cook, American religious leader, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

In the lists of the Apostles John has the second place ( Acts 1: 13 ), the third (), and the fourth (; ), yet always after James with the exception of a few passages (; 9: 28 in the Greek text ; Acts 1: 13 ).

From the Acts of the Apostles () and the letter to the Philippians (), early Christians concluded that Paul had founded their community.

Dionysius the Areopagite ( Greek ) was a judge of the Areopagus who, as related in the Acts of the Apostles, (), was converted to Christianity by the preaching of the Apostle Paul during the Areopagus sermon.

Paul the Apostle's First Letter to the Corinthians (), and the Acts of the Apostles (, ) present the rite of the " Lord's supper " or " breaking of bread " as dating from the very beginning of Christianity, when Christianity was still an entirely Jewish phenomenon, even before Gentiles, initially from among " the God-fearing " ( a term used for Gentiles who attended Jewish synagogue services but held back from becoming full-scale proselytes ), were accepted as members of the Christian community.

Shortly after the Death ( Nisan 14 or 15 ) and Resurrection and Great Commission and Ascension of Jesus, the Jerusalem church was founded as the first Christian church with about 120 Jews and Jewish Proselytes (), followed by Pentecost ( Sivan 6 ), the Ananias and Sapphira incident, Pharisee Gamaliel's defense of the Apostles (), the stoning of Saint Stephen ( see also Persecution of Christians ) and the subsequent dispersal of the church () which led to the baptism of Simon Magus in Samaria (), and also an Ethiopian eunuch ().

The Gospel of the Twelve (), possibly also referred to as the Gospel of the Apostles, is a lost gospel mentioned by Origen in Homilies in Luke as part of a list of heretical works.

But whereas the church of the Holy Wisdom was in the oldest part of the city, that of the Holy Apostles stood in the centre of the newer part of the much expanded imperial capital, on the great thoroughfare called Mese Odós (), and was the busiest church in the city.

Mírzá Ḥusayn-i-Isfahání ( 1826 – 1912 ) surnamed Mi < u > sh </ u > kín-Qalam (), ( meaning either musk-scented pen, or jet black pen ) was a prominent Bahá ' í and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá ' u ' lláh, as well as a famous calligrapher of 19th century Persia.

The prescribed readings for the feast day were from the Acts of the Apostles, the sermon of Peter (), and from the Gospel of Luke, the Road to Emmaus ().

Matthias ( Hebrew transliteration Mattityahu ) ( d. 80 ), according to the Acts of the Apostles, was the apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following Judas ' betrayal of Jesus and suicide.

Even his name is variable: the Syriac version of Eusebius calls him throughout not Matthias but " Tolmai ", not to be confused with Bartholomew ( which means Son of Tolmai ) who was originally one of the twelve Apostles ; Clement of Alexandria says some identified him with Zacchaeus ; the Clementine Recognitions identify him with Barnabas ; Hilgenfeld thinks he is the same as Nathanael in the Gospel of John.

The town was named in honor of Matthias F. Cowley their founder, one of the Apostles of the LDS Church at the time.

One notable example in the New Testament occurs in the Acts of the Apostles where the eleven remaining apostles cast lots to determine whether Matthias or Barsabbas ( surnamed Justus ) would be chosen to replace Judas.

Two members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley, resigned in 1905 following the second manifesto.

In 1905, Apostles John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley resigned from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles due to disagreement over the manifesto forbidding polygamy.

Apostles John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley both resigned from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles due to disagreement with the church ’ s position on plural marriage.

: Among many others the Pinakothek shows works of Stefan Lochner (" Adoration of the Christ Child by the Virgin ( The Nativity )"), Albrecht Dürer (" The Four Apostles ", " Paumgartner Altar ", " Self-portrait in Fur Coat "), Hans Baldung Grien (" Markgrave Christoph of Baden "), Albrecht Altdorfer (" The Battle of Issus "), Cranach (" Lamentation Beneath the Cross "), Holbein (" St. Sebastian Altar ; Central panel: Martyrdom of St. Sebastian "), Matthias Grünewald (" SS.

Matthias Foss Cowley ( August 25, 1858 – June 16, 1940 ), born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) from 1897 until 1905.

* October 28 – Matthias F. Cowley follows John W. Taylor and resigns from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles due to disagreements with church policy regarding polygamy.

Apostles Matthias F. Cowley and John W. Taylor did not show up after being subpoenaed.

Two members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley, resigned in October 1905 following the manifesto.

* Others believe that there were exactly 12 male Apostles chosen directly by Jesus Christ and that Judas Iscariot was replaced by Matthias to maintain a dozen witnesses ; and