What's the difference between an Apostle and a Disciple?

Answer 1

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, "It is at once evident that in a Christian sense, everyone who had received a mission from God, or Christ, to man could be called 'Apostle.' In fact, however, it was reserved to those of the disciples who received this title from Christ." So it seems that while the 12 Apostles were disciples, not all disciples are apostles.
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Answer 2

I guess I'd say that an apostle is a disciple who's rather advanced in his/her journey of faith, to the point where he/she is able to bring it to others with knowledge and confidence.

A disciple, on the other hand, is a follower who's not as advanced and still has much to learn about the faith.

When the Twelve were with Jesus, they were disciples. Later on, after the Resurrection, when the Holy Spirit came upon the Twelve (minus Judas Iscariot), they were brought into the fullness of religious knowledge. They became apostles.

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Answer 3

There were only 12 apostles. All the others are called disciples

Answer 4

Jesus chose 12 apostles. They were the main guys that spoke to the teacher Himself. Disciples are the ones the apostles chose for help and all the others who heard the good news and followed Jesus in word and action.

Answer 5

APOSTLE
1 : one sent on a mission: as a : one of an authoritative New Testament group sent out to preach the gospel and made up especially of Christ's 12 original disciples and Paul b : the first prominent Christian missionary to a region or group
2 a : a person who initiates a great moral reform or who first advocates an important belief or system b : an ardent supporter : ADHERENT
3 : the highest ecclesiastical official in some church organizations
4 : one of a Mormon administrative council of 12 men


DISCIPLE
1 : one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another: as a : one of the twelve in the inner circle of Christ's followers according to the Gospel accounts b : a convinced adherent of a school or individual
2 capitalized : a member of the Disciples of Christ founded in the United States in 1809 that holds the Bible alone to be the rule of faith and practice, usually baptizes by immersion, and has a congregational polity

Answer 6

Apostles outrank Disciples. There were only 12 apostles and zillions of diciples.

Answer 7

I'm guessin here.But maybe a disciple was the one who was with Jesus and the Apostle's came after He returned to heaven.

Answer 8

Apostle is almost a 'Preacher'

Disciple is the faithful follower of an apostle!

Answer 9

The apostles were those chosen by Christ to be the ones to establish and rule the church that he founded.

All the apostles were clergymen, as they were both priests and bishops.

Disciples were various faithful followers of Christ, male or female, but not necessarily clergy.

Answer 10

The Greek word 'apostolos' is derived from the common verb 'apostello',meaning simply 'sent forth'(or off).
The term is principally applied however, to those disciples that Jesus personally selected as a body of 12 appointed representatives.
The Hebrew word for disciple (limmudh) basically refers to one who learns,is taught, or is trained.The Greek word mathetes(disciple) primarily denotes one who directs his mind to something.