Disciple

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A disciple is a follower and student of a mentor, teacher, or other figure. It can refer to:

Religion

  • Disciple (Christianity), a student of Jesus Christ
  • Twelve Apostles of Jesus, sometimes called the Twelve Disciples
  • Seventy disciples in the Gospel of Luke
  • Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States and Canada with roots in the Restoration Movement often referred to as "the Disciples"
  • Disciples of Christ (Campbell Movement), a movement founded by Alexander and Thomas Campbell in 1809 which merged with the Christians (Stone Movement) in 1832 to form the Restoration Movement
  • Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá, 19 Western Bahá'ís
  • The ten principal disciples of Buddha
  • Disciples of Confucius
  • Disciples of Jesus in Islam
  • Student of Kriya Yoga, of direct lineage to Mahavatar Babaji
  • Sahabah, the disciples of Muhammad
  • Follower of Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Śishya, the disciple in the Guru–shishya tradition of Hinduism
  • Śrāvaka (Sanskrit) or savaka (Pali), disciples in Buddhism and Jainism
  • Tarmida ('disciple'), a junior priest in Mandaeism

Books, games, and films

  • Disciple (film), a 2013 Finnish film
  • Disciples (film), a 2014 American horror film
  • Disciple (Image Comics), a character of the Spawn comic book series
  • The Disciples (Demonata), demon hunters in the Demonata novels by Darren Shan
  • The Disciples (novel) (1993), a spy novel by Joe Andrew
  • Disciples: Sacred Lands, a computer game published by Strategy First in 1999
  • Disciples II: Dark Prophecy, a computer game released in 2002
  • Disciples III: Renaissance, a computer game released in 2010
  • The Disciple (2020 film), a 2020 Indian film

Music

  • Disciple (band), Christian metal band
    • Disciple (album), 2005 studio album by the band
  • The Disciples (band), a London reggae band
  • Disciples (production team), British production trio
  • xDISCIPLEx A.D., a Christian hardcore punk band
  • "Disciple", a song by Nas on the album Street's Disciple
  • "Disciple", a song by Raven on the album Architect of Fear
  • "Disciple", a song by Slayer on the album God Hates Us All
  • "Disciples", a song by Tame Impala on the album Currents

Other

  • The Disciple, the ring name of professional wrestler Brutus Beefcake
  • Black Disciples, a street gang based in Chicago, Illinois
  • Gangster Disciples, a street gang based in Chicago, Illinois

See also

  • Apostle (disambiguation)
  • Disciples of Christ (disambiguation)
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