What does "subapostolic" mean?

Pertaining to the period after the apostolic age (the time of Christ's apostles) and the early Catholic age (when the followers of the apostles were gone) in early Christian church history, at the tail end of the first century and into the early years of the second century AD.

Subapostolic

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Adjective

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Pertaining to the period after the apostolic age (the time of Christ's apostles) and the early Catholic age (when the followers of the apostles were gone) in early Christian church history, at the tail end of the first century and into the early years of the second century AD. not-comparable

Etymology

From sub- + apostolic.

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