John is commonly thought to be the "last apostle", given that eleven of the twelve original apostles met a martyr's death, having been killed in unusual circumstances.

His service led to his appointment as one of the original apostles of the LDS Church in 1835.

By this time, too, it was also being alleged that some of the original apostles had travelled to Britain.

Andrew was one of the original 12 apostles of Christ, and the brother of another apostle, Simon Peter.

For them, to be apostolic is simply to be in submission to the teachings of the original twelve apostles as recorded in Scripture.

The original apostles of 1835 had been ranked by age, and two of them had been excommunicated and later restored to fellowship.

St. James, one of the original apostles, was said to have converted Spain, then returned to Judea, where he was martyred.

He was the only one of the original apostles who had attended university.

We might compare mushrooms to latter-day missionaries, while frogs are the offspring of the original apostles.

Within two years the church's prophets called forth 12 apostles, equivalent to the original 12 apostles of the New Testament.