Disciple

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

• The Disciple (novel), an 1889 novel by Paul Bourget
• 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)