Term
apostolic life
The ideal life of poverty and celibacy attributed to the earliest followers of Jesus, later imitated by various communities as an ascetic discipline.
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Definition
The ideal life of poverty and celibacy attributed to the earliest followers of Jesus, which several communities later strove to imitate as an ascetic discipline.
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- 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 49Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 49.
Last revised August 14, 2026