APOSTLE is also thought by many to have been the original name for bishops, before the denomination bishop was appropriated to their order. Thus Theodoret says expressly, the same persons were anciently called promiscuously both bishops and presbyters, whilst those who are now called bishops were called apostles. In the arsenal of Bremen, there are twelve pieces of cannon called the Twelve Apostles, on a supposition that the whole world must be convinced, and acquiesce in the preaching of such apostles.