[Seven_0]

The fact that the Apostolic office grew from the original 12 is also biblical.

I agree, but is there support that the number of apostles rose above 14?

Could be, but making divination based on numerology rather than a coherent, seamless reading of the entirety of Scripture, seems rather dangerous. The basic point is that the concept of office is Biblical

I suppose any errors interpreting scripture can be dangerous, especially numerology which is a croc. Nevertheless, number in scripture are symbols, they have meaning.

Seven

[blue-duncan]

“The fact that the Apostolic office grew from the original 12 is also biblical.”

Don’t be so quick to agree. Judas Iscariot was one of the original twelve and the office did not grow out of them but out of the gift to the churches in Ephesians 4 after His resurrection.

[conservonator]

I agree, but is there support that the number of apostles rose above 14?

Scripture records the beginning of the Church, not it's entirety. There's no reason to believe that the initial growth of the office number should stop in the first century.

I suppose any errors interpreting scripture can be dangerous, especially numerology which is a croc. Nevertheless, number in scripture are symbols, they have meaning.

Agreed, every word, number jot and title had meaning. What that meaning is is foe one end: the story of God's love for man.