John Bate Cardale

John Bate Cardale ( born November 7, 1802 in London, England; † July 18, 1877 ) was the first apostle of the Catholic Apostolic Church.

Cardale was born in London and was a member of the Anglican Church. After studying law, he headed from 1823 to 1834 his father's law office. He was a connoisseur of the Church Fathers and the early Christian liturgies.

In 1830 he traveled with two other brothers to Scotland to investigate the spiritual gifts that have occurred there. He reported in the journal "The Morning Watch". Convinced of the divine origin of these gifts of the Spirit, he organized from October 1830 own prayer meetings in his home. On April 30, 1831 his wife, who had not traveled to Scotland received, first in England, the gift of prophecy. His Anglican priest, Baptist Noel, preached against these gifts, and so the Cardales were obliged to seek another church. This they found in Edward Irving. There Cardale was announced on 31 October 1832 in a prophecy Drummonds as an apostle. The prophetic confirmation on November 7, by Taplin in Irving's home. This created an unusual situation, because the relationship between the community leaders, Irving, and the new apostle was not initially clear. His first act and ordination took Cardale before December 24, 1832, when he ordained a preacher William Caird in Albury for evangelists. On December 26, Henry Drummond was ordained by him to the shepherds of the church of Albury.

Easter 1833 Irving was relieved of his duties in a church process in the Scottish National Church and excommunicated from the Church. He was then initially denied by Cardale, perform acts of blessing, until he Cardale of the angel ( = bishop) was the municipality of Newman Street ordained on April 5, 1833.

On July 14, 1835 all 12 apostles of the end times were called, and it was their separation instead. Cardale was called Erstberufener of the apostles as their " pillars ". He was assigned as an operating division of the tribe of Judah, with which England was meant. He also wrote the Testimony to the Church of England and was the final editor Great Testimony that all the apostles were written jointly.

In 1840 he consecrated the Apostles Chapel at the farm ' Albury Park "by Henry Drummond. 1842 appeared the first edition of mainly compiled by Cardale liturgy. He attended the annual congregations in England and also led the monthly meeting of the seven London churches. In 1853 he consecrated the new central church of the Catholic Apostolic Church in London's Gordon Square.

After the death of his Mitapostels Henry John King (who later took the name King Church ), he also took over the work area Denmark, learned Danish and visited the local communities to 1873 four times.

He died in 1877 and was buried in Albury.

• Briton
• English
• Catholic Apostolic clergyman
• Born in 1802
• Died in 1877
• Man