The Gospel of the Forty Days: Apostolic Teaching Office       In recent articles we’ve seen that Jesus’ “gospel of the forty days” included that the Apostles would appoint their successors, what today we call bishops, priests, and deacons. Interestingly, St. Paul states that these different offices of ministry (charisms) are gifts of the risen and ascended Christ (Eph 4:7-8), indicating again a likelihood that Jesus’s instruction during the forty days would include both the nature of the charisms and the ministerial office.       Now St. Paul also says the function of these charisms is that the Church attain “the unity of the Faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God” so we no longer be tossed around by human doctrines and deceits. (Eph 4:12-14). Such refers to doctrine, clearly part of Jesus’ teachings given during the forty days (Ac 1:2-3; cf., Lk 24:26-27, 45-46).       The doctrinal function of the ministeri...