POWER GIVEN APOSTLES AND PROPHETS.
Apostles and prophets in olden times were men who received power from the Lord to act in His name.
"And when he called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease." (Matthew 10: 1).
"Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 18: 18).
They were also men who "spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." (II Peter 1: 21).