Quotes about Apostles

Peter erred in life and in doctrine. Paul might have dismissed Peter's error as a matter of no consequence. But Paul saw that Peter's error would lead to the damage of the whole Church unless it were corrected. Therefore he withstood Peter to his face. The Church, Peter, the apostles, angels from heaven, are not to be heard unless they teach the genuine Word of God.

In all of Holy Writ we find not a single instance of adoration of the patriarchs, the prophets, and apostles - much less of St. George and St. Barbara, who probably never existed, and of the other saints who created by the pope, like St. Francis and St. Dominic, about whom no one knows anything with certainty. But even if we were to concede that they were full of grace, they would still be unable to impart any of it to me.

How much more properly did the apostles call themselves servants of the present Christ and not vicars of an absent Christ.

in this book I want to address a question that I think is commonly in the minds of Christian people when they read the Acts of the Apostles: what can we learn from these people who turned the world upside down in so short a space of time?

I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

Meanwhile, the apostles gathered around Jesus and brought Him news of all they had done and taught.

When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:

Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.