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Apostolate   Listen
noun
Apostolate  n.  
1.
The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship. "Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate."
2.
The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.





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"Apostolate" Quotes from Famous Books



... greatness into a personal name. His letters give us a vivid picture of his captivity, and the stress of life which gradually aroused in him the inspiration of the humane and divine ripened later into a full knowledge of his apostolate. ...
— Ireland, Historic and Picturesque • Charles Johnston
... The kind of apostolate which by this time she exercised in Rome was very remarkable; and her power over men's minds and hearts scarcely short of miraculous. There was a subduing charm, an irresistible influence in her words and in her manner, which told on every variety of persons. The expression of her countenance, ...
— The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others • Georgiana Fullerton
... him and his doings; he feels that he is still the pioneer of new institutions; he is proud of those institutions, every worker here to the last man holds himself responsible for the way and manner in which he fulfils the apostolate of universal freedom to which he is called. Will this continue permanently: in particular, will the whole human race feel and act thus? I doubt it; at least, I am not fully convinced that it must necessarily be so. And what if ...
— Freeland - A Social Anticipation • Theodor Hertzka


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