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The Seventy of the '' appointed and sent away (the Greek verb form apostello, not the noun form apostolos). They were to eat any food offered, heal the sick and spread the word; that God's Reign is coming, that whoever hears them hears Jesus, whoever rejects them rejects Jesus and whoever rejects Jesus rejects the One who sent him. In addition they were granted great powers over the enemy and their names written in heaven. The episode is termed the "''Synaxis'' of the Seventy Apostles" in Eastern Orthodoxy. This is the only mention of the group. The number is "seventy" in reliable manuscripts in the Alexandrian and Caesarean text traditions but "seventy-two" in reliable Alexandrian and Western (Roman) texts. In editing the '' Vulgate '', Jerome selected the reading of seventy-two. The passage in ''Luke'' 10 reads: :1 After this the Lord appointed seventy (-two) others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. :9 Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, 'The kingdom of God is at hand for you.' :16-17 "Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me." The seventy (-two) returned rejoicing, and said, "Lord, even the Demon s are subject to us because of your name." :19-20 "Behold, I have given you the power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in heaven." (translation in the United States Convention of Roman Catholic Bishops' New American Bible {Link without Title} ) SOURCES AND TRADITIONS The ''Gospel of Luke'' is alone among the . What has been said to the seventy (two) in Luke 10:4 is referred in passing to the Twelve in Luke 22:35: :"He said to them, "When I sent you forth without a money bag or a sack or sandals, were you in need of anything?" "No, nothing," they replied. Also related is the Great Commission . The '', and the Pseudo-Dorotheus printed in Jacques Paul Migne , '' Patrologiae Cursus Completus '', XCII, 521-524; 543-545; 1061-1065. The Roman Catholic church finds that "these lists are unfortunately worthless" ( Catholic Encyclopedia , 1908, "Apostle"). Eusebius positively asserted that no such roll existed in his time, and mentioned among the disciples only Barnabas , Sosthenes , Cephas , Matthias , Thaddeus and James "the Lord's Brother" (''Historia Ecclesiae'' I.xii). In the Orthodox Church, the Seventy Apostles are commemorated together, on . LIST OF THE SEVENTY APOSTLES Their attributes, as appended to the names in this list, are also traditional. # James The Just , the brother of Jesus, author of the Epistle Of James , and first Bishop Of Jerusalem # Mark The Evangelist , author of the Gospel Of Mark and Bishop Of Alexandria # Luke The Evangelist , author of the Gospel of Luke, and Bishop of Salonika # Cleopas the brother of Joseph The Betrothed and second Bishop of Jerusalem # Symeon the son of Cleopas and Bishop of Jerusalem # Barnabas , Bishop Of Milan # Justus , Bishop of Eleutheropolis # Thaddeus # Ananias , Bishop of Damascus # Stephen the Arch Deacon and first Martyr # Philip The Evangelist , of the Seven Deacons , Bishop of Tralia in Asia Minor # Prochorus , of the Seven, Bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia # Nicanor The Deacon , of the Seven # Timon , of the Seven # Parmenas The Deacon , of the Seven # Timothy , # Titus # Philemon , Bishop of Gaza # Onesimus # Epaphras , Bishop of Andriaca # Archippus # Silas , Bishop of Corinth # Silvanus # Crescens # Crispus , Bishop of Chalcedon in Galilee # Epenetus , Bishop of Carthage # Andronicus , Bishop of Pannonia # Stachys , Bishop Of Byzantium # Amplias , Bishop of Odissa # Urban , Bishop of Macedonia # Narcissus , Bishop Of Athens # Apelles , Bishop of Heraklion # Aristobulus , Bishop of Britannia # Herodion , Bishop of Patfas # Agabus the Prophet # Rufus , Bishop of Thebes # Asyncritus , Bishop of Hyrcania # Phlegon , Bishop of Marathon # Hermes , Bishop of Philippopolis # Parrobus , Bishop of Pottole # Hermas , Bishop of Dalmatia # Pope Linus , Bishop Of Rome # Gaius , Bishop of Ephesus # Philologus , Bishop of Sinope # Lucius Of Cyrene , Bishop of Laodicea in Syria # Jason , Bishop of Tarsis # Sosipater , Bishop of Iconium # Olympas # Tertius , transcriber of the Epistle To The Romans and Bishop of Iconium # Erastus , Bishop of Paneas # Quartus , Bishop of Berytus # Euodias , Bishop Of Antioch # Onesiphorus , Bishop of Cyrene # Clement , Bishop of Sardice # Sosthenes , Bishop of Colophon # Apollos , Bishop of Caesarea # Tychicus , Bishop of Colophon # Epaphroditus # Carpus , Bishop of Berrhoe in Thrace # Quadratus # Mark Called John , Bishop of Byblos # Zenas The Lawyer , Bishop of Giospolis # Aristarchus , Bishop of Apamea in Syria # Pudens # Trophimus # Mark , Bishop of Apollonia # Artemas , Bishop of Lystra # Aquila # Fortunatus # Achaicus ORIGINAL APOSTLES WHO APOSTASIZED Some of the original seventy sent by Jesus later apostasized. Thus, some of the names on the above list were not actually in the original seventy, but are considered part of the group anyway as "replacements", similarly to Matthias 's replacement of Judas Iscariot in the Twelve Apostles . The following are those who fell away from mainline Christianity:
OTHER APOSTLES Also, some lists name a few different apostles than the ones listed above. Solomon, Nestorian bishop of Basra in the 13th century, in ''The Book of the Bee'' (chapter xlix) offers the following list: "''The names of the seventy. James, the son of Joseph; Simon the son of Cleopas; Cleopas his father; Joses; Simon; Judah; Barnabas; Manaeus (?); Ananias, who baptised Paul; Cephas, who preached at Antioch; Joseph the senator; Nicodemus the archon; Nathaniel the chief scribe; Justus, that is Joseph, who is called Barshabbâ; Silas; Judah; John, surnamed Mark; Mnason, who received Paul; Manaël, the foster-brother of Herod; Simon called Niger; Jason, who is (mentioned) in the Acts (of the Apostles); Rufus; Alexander; Simon the Cyrenian, their father; Lucius the Cyrenian; another Judah, who is mentioned in the Acts the Apostles ; Judah, who is called Simon; Eurion (Orion) the splay-footed; Thôrus (?); Thorîsus (?); Zabdon; Zakron. '' Most commonly named are:
These are usually included at the expense of the aforementioned Timothy, Titus, Archippus, Crescens, Olympas, Epaphroditus, Quadratus, Aquila, Fortunatus, and/or Achaicus. EXTERNAL LINKS
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