Apostle

Apostle and The Apostles can mean:

Religion

• The Twelve Apostles, the 12 followers of Jesus given "the Great Commission".
• The Seventy Apostles, the 70 sent forth in Luke 10. They are referred to as Apostles by the Orthodox Church and as Disciples in the Western tradition.
• Jesus is referred to as an apostle in Hebrews 3:1
• Apostle (Latter Day Saints), a position within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Entertainment

• The Apostle, a 1997 movie directed by and starring Robert Duvall
• El Apóstol, the world's oldest animated feature movie, 1917, Argentina
• The Apostles (band), a punk rock group from the 1980s
• The Apostles (Elgar), a 1903 choral work by Edward Elgar
• Apostle (production company), a television production company founded in 1994 by Jim Serpico and Denis Leary
• 12 Apostles (record label), a record label
• The Apostles (Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible), an installment of the Christian direct-to-video animated movie series, Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible

Other

• Cambridge Apostles, a secret society at the University of Cambridge
• Apostle Plant, the genus Neomarica of plants believed to only flower after growing 12 leaves
• Twelve Apostles (Irish counter-intelligence organisation), an Irish Republican Army unit created by Michael Collins