....if you were in a bible study and heard Stephen (Book of Acts) referred to as "The Apostle Stephen" would you feel a need to immediately correct and ask "Do you mean Stephen the Deacon?" or maybe pull that person aside later and lovingly suggest "actually Stephen was not an apostle but is better described as a Holy Spirit filled deacon".
Would you be able to use Logos to quickly find and support your answer?
(I found one answer faster and more simply by doing a google search asking "Was Stephen an Apostle?"
http://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/44-24/stephen-the-first-martyr
"What an amazing man was Stephen. He was not a deacon. They didn’t come until later, but he was put in charge of serving tables. He was not an apostle, but he did signs and wonders. The miraculous power granted to the apostles was extended to him and also to another leader by the name of Philip. He was not a prophet, but he was a great preacher. Not a deacon, but a servant. Not an apostle, but a miracle worker."
Logos 7.x Factbook listed Stephen as a deacon but I think might have actually been emphatic that he was also NOT an Apostle.
Comments anyone?
