Which preposition to use with apostles

of Occurrences 265%

Of the piety and expression of the French hymns, Foinard, an ardent apostle of the French liturgical novelties, wrote: "Il ne parait pas que ce soit l'onction qui domine dans les nouveaux Breviaries; on y a la verite, travaille beaucoup pour l'esprit; mais il semole qu' on n'y a pas travaille autant pour le coeur."

in Occurrences 44%

" The horrified Ananda with much difficulty mustered resolution to inquire on what account the apostle in question was necessitated to take up his abode in the infernal regions.

to Occurrences 42%

He is the apostle to the brute kindthe never-failing friend of those who have none to care for them.

in Occurrences 13%

These were found at the end of the Canons of the Apostles in the Abbey of Marmousier.

on Occurrences 7%

And here it is worthy of remark, that the word used by the apostle on this occasion, and which has been translated men-stealers, should have been rendered slave traders.

for Occurrences 7%

The Russian Church, like the other orthodox churches of the East, had an apostle for its founder.

after Occurrences 7%

Devotion to the Mother of God was continued by the apostles after the death of her Son.

at Occurrences 6%

These four disciples were James the Less, Philip, Thomas, and Nathaniel; the last named, who was a son of the aged Simeon, had with a few others joined the eight Apostles at Gethsemani, being perhaps sent by the friends of Jesus to know what was going on, or possibly simply incited by curiosity and anxiety.

of Occurrences 6%

To the storm of indignation thus raised against him Wyclif's only answer was: "The clergy cry aloud that it is heresy to speak of the Holy Scriptures in English, and so they would condemn the Holy Ghost, who gave tongues to the Apostles of Christ to speak the Word of God in all languages under heaven.

as Occurrences 5%

Despisers of government are enumerated by the Apostle as among the most flagitious of men.

for Occurrences 5%

She saw and described, day by day, with the minutest detail, and by name, places, persons, festivals, customs, and miracles, all that happened during the public life of Jesus until the Ascension, and the history of the Apostles for several weeks after the Descent of the Holy Ghost.

at Occurrences 4%

I observe that Professor Hodge agrees with you, that if slavery is sin, it would have been specifically attacked by the Apostles at any hazard to their lives.

on Occurrences 4%

One would swear that you had been drunken with new wine; but we knew it was all the effect of fasting and devout contemplation, which inebriates the soul with holy raptures, as happened to the blessed Apostles on the day of Pentecost.

by Occurrences 4%

There are many instances of apostles by Charles I. in Archbishop Laud's Diary JAMES SILVESTER.

with Occurrences 4%

He hath nicknamed all the prophets and apostles with his sons, and begets nothing but virtues for daughters.

among Occurrences 2%

PETER THE APOSTLE St. Peter the apostle among all other, and above all other, was of most fervent and burning love, for he would have known the traitor that should betray our Lord Jesu Christ, as St. Austin saith:

from Occurrences 2%

We already have the Nine Muses from New York, the Twelve Apostles from Boston, the Heavenly Twins from Chicago and the Three Graces from Minneapolis, beside the Lone Wolf from Labrador, the Kangaroo from Australia, and the Elephant's Child from India.

without Occurrences 2%

In calm, sun-days the Sugar Pine preaches the grandeur of the mountains like an apostle without moving a leaf.

unto Occurrences 2%

And an announcement from God and his Apostle unto the People on the day of Pilgrimage that God is discharged from (liability to) the Heathen and his Prophet likewise....

with Occurrences 1%

When Jesus spoke of a traitor, an expression which filled all the Apostles with fear, he said: 'he that dippeth his hand with me in the dish,' which means: 'one of the twelve who are eating and drinking with meone of those with whom I am eating bread.'

against Occurrences 1%

I must introduce a new actor to you, a Lord George Gordon,metamorphosed a little, too, for his family were Jacobites and Roman Catholics: he is the Lilburne of the Scottish Presbyterians, and an apostle against the Papists.

between Occurrences 1%

Note (1) the four aislesan unusual arrangement, occurring also at Manchester Cathedral and St Michael's, Coventry; (2) the E.E. piers to N. aisle; (3) the fine oak roof of nave; (4) canopied figure (modern) of St Mary Magdalene on one of the nave piers; (5) monument of Robert Gray, with a laudatory and rhyming epitaph in N. wall; (6) figures of apostles between clerestory lights (cp. Bruton).

from Occurrences 1%

"Owing to the distance which separated the two churches of the apostles from each other, it was most fatiguing to celebrate Mass at both places, and so in course of time the festival was divided into two parts, and the Mass in honour of St. Paul took place on the 3Oth June.

into Occurrences 1%

Probably the nearest opportunity which ever occurred to bring the Christian Apostle into intellectual contact with the Roman philosopher was this occasion, when St. Paul was dragged as a prisoner into the presence of Seneca's elder brother.

over Occurrences 1%

There remain still in that island, as so many trophies gained by the Apostle over that venemous beast, a great many small stones representing the eyes and tongues of serpents, and considered for several centuries past, as powerful amulets against different sorts of distempers and poisons.

Which preposition to use with  apostles