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Originally Posted by Igzy
The practical issue is not being able to look back in time and say "that person was an apostle." This issue is how to identify current apostles. That's where the problem lies.
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They had the exact same problem in the first century, so obviously the church did not consider only the Twelve plus Paul to be Apostles. Paul's second epistle to Corinth (actually his third) addresses the problems created by some who called themselves apostles, but were not. If there were no more apostles, why didn't Paul tell us so?
The Lord praised Ephesus (Rev 2.2) when they tried those who claimed to be apostles. If the age of Apostles was over, why didn't John, the final writer of the Bible, tell us so? What were the tests that Ephesus applied to these "apostles" when the church tried them?