Apostles

[rayliotta]

Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

I could be mistaken but I think that what Ohio is referring to as "Apostles" today, those that don't use this term refer to as "Missionaries". Now I understand the desire to distinguish between "the apostles" by using a different term even if you are referring to essentially the same gift. I also feel that WL's distinguishing between them with "the" and "a" is going to create confusion and misunderstanding. Also, because of the damage done by false "apostles" and false "Christs" I think I actually prefer the term missionary. Personally on my resume and in job interviews I always referred to my time in Taiwan as being a missionary.

I really don't mean to nitpick, but it's really not a "misunderstanding" at all. Nobody forgot that "The Apostle" means something very different from "An Apostle". They know what they're saying.

Maybe this is what Igzy and Ohio are really disagreeing about? Fist-century Paul called himself "An Apostle", where did he ever call himself "The Apostle"?