APOSTLE SPOONS, a set of spoons, usually of silver or silver gilt, with the handles terminating in figures of the apostles, each bearing their distinctive emblem. They were common baptismal gifts during the 15th and 16th centuries. See C. G. Rupert, Apostle Spoons (Oxford, 5929). APOSTOLIC CANONS, a collection of 85 rules for the regulation of clerical life, appended to the 8th book of the Apost,olical Constitutions. The canons may be a little later in date than the preceding Constitutions, but they are evidently from the same theological circle. (See APOS