use of the word in the apostolic age by the angelic message to the women, “Go, —— tell His Disciples and Peter” (Mark 16:7). It is somewhat remarkable that the word is not to be found in the Epistles. This is to be accounted for by the fact that the Epistles were addressed to Christians in their corporate capacity as churches, and so spoke of them as members of such, and as the “saints” or separated ones of God. The term disciple marks an individual relationship, and though it has largely fallen
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