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Thus, for example, as clear as it is that he appeals to "the apostolic preaching" as distinct from the NT, it is less clear that he uses "apostle" in the strict sense in which I should use it. Indeed, he seems to use it, for the most part, in something like the sense in which Paul uses it, if not, in fact, more broadly than that, i.e., to refer, not to an original and originating witness, but simply to anyone called out and appointed – -- more or less specially or selectively – -- to establish the gospel (see, e.g., New Testament and Mythology and Other Basic Writings: 40 ff.).

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