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- 582. How did the first Christian congregations come into being?
- 583. How did the gospel come to the Gentiles?
- 584. Which Apostle primarily proclaimed the gospel to the Gentiles?
- 585. Where did the designation “Christian” come into being?
- 586. How long were the Apostles active?
- 587. How did the activity of the Holy Spirit reveal itself after the death of the early Apostles?
- 588. How was salvation imparted throughout this period?
- 589. How did Christendom develop after the second century AD?
- 590. Who handed the teachings of the early Apostles down to posterity?
- 591. Who were the “Church Fathers”?
- 592. When did Christianity become the state religion in the Roman Empire?
- 593. How did Christianity develop in the time before the Middle Ages?
- 594. What else did the Christians have to contend with starting in the seventh century?
- 595. What developments led to the efforts to reform the church?
- 596. What is the Reformation?
- 597. Who are the most significant of the Reformers?
- 598. How did the Roman Catholic Church react to the Reformation?
- 599. What were the consequences of the conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism?
- 600. What was the condition of Christendom in the Europe of the eighteenth century?
- 601. What was the condition of Christendom in the nineteenth century?
- 602. What important developments occurred in the Christendom of the nineteenth century?
- 603. How did the renewed occupation of the Apostle ministry in the nineteenth century come about?
- 604. How did the Catholic Apostolic Church come into being?
- 605. When did the first sealings take place?
- 606. What happened when some of the Apostles died?
- 607. How did the New Apostolic Church come into being?
- 608. What happened in the time following?
- 609. How did the name “New Apostolic Church” come into being?
- 610. How long was the prophet ministry active?
- 611. Who was the first Chief Apostle?
- 612. What other individuals have occupied the Chief Apostle ministry?
603. How did the renewed occupation of the Apostle ministry in the nineteenth century come about?
Between 1826 and 1829, believing men gathered for conferences in Albury (Southern England), in order to study the Revelation of Jesus Christ together. These conferences took place at the invitation of the banker Henry Drummond (1786-1860) in close collaboration with Edward Irving (1792-1834),
who was a clergyman of the Scottish National Church. The participants of these conferences wanted to gain clarity on the biblical statements concerning the activity of the Holy Spirit and the return of Christ.
Believers of various denominations in Scotland were also waiting for an increased activity of the Holy Spirit. In 1830, manifestations of healing, glossolalia (speaking in unknown tongues), and prophecy occurred in their circle, and were widely noticed.
In the autumn of 1832, John Bate Cardale (1802-1877) was called by the Holy Spirit to be an Apostle and was designated as an Apostle by Henry Drummond.
Starting in September 1833, another eleven Apostles were called by prophecy— especially through the Prophet Oliver Taplin (1800-1862).