equal-to-apostles

English

Adjective

equal-to-apostles (not comparable)

  1. (Christianity) A special title given to some saints in Eastern Orthodoxy and in Byzantine Catholicism, recognizing their outstanding service in the spreading and assertion of Christianity, comparable to that of the original apostles.
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