One of the arguments of those who say that there are apostles today is the fact that there were other apostles in the Bible besides the 12th and Paul; however, this argument does not allow us to understand that, in the New Testament, the term is used in two ways: both in the general sense of the envoy and in the sense of function. In the following video, Augustus Nicodemus explains:
In addition, to answer for apostles today, we must consider an Apostle’s qualifications. Nicodemus addressed this problem in our previous article. Paul says he was the last to see the Risen Christ (1 Cor. 15: 1-9), and this is one of the essential qualifications for the apostolate (1 Corinthians 9: 1). Therefore, Paul was the last with the apostolic office.
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- The fact of the closed canon means that there is no one else who has the inspiration of the Spirit for someone to add more pages to the Bible.
- When someone claims to be an apostle.
- They will probably seek to claim an authority similar to that.
- Of the biblical apostles and wanting to put their word above Scripture.
- Be very careful with this heresy!.
The question then remains: are today’s apostles wrong or malevolent?
Note: “Is a good apostle a dead apostle?”It was a phrase coined by Augustus Nicodemus at one of his lectures on the subject. The phrase does not seek to encourage violence against, but to show that good apostles are the ones who died, that is, the apostles of the NT and not the modern ones.