The Apostles (Elgar) a single work: "The Kingdom" was first conceived as the last part of "The Apostles", but later Elgar considered them as the first two parts of a trilogy. In any case, the projected third part, "The Last Judgement", never got further than a few sketches which Elgar produced sporadically until 1920. The German translation and the German premiere were both the work of the conductor Julius Buths. "The Apostles" is written for a large orchestra, of typical late Romantic proportions, with the addition of a shofar (usually substituted by a more conventional instrument, such as a flugelhorn), which announces the
Canons of the Apostles to the contemptuous use of "Galileans" by the 4th century Julian the Apostate (Harnack, "Mission und Ausbreitung des Christentums", Leipzig, 1902; Paul Lejay, in "Revue du clergé français", 15 Oct., 1903, 349-55, with a Fr. tr. of the nine canons). Nau is of the opinion that they are much older than the latter quarter of the 4th century and calls attention to Origen of Alexandrias writings - "it seemed good to the Apostles and the elders assembled at Antioch, and in their own words to the Holy Spirit to write a letter to the Gentiles who believed". This statement contradicts