apostolic
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- adjective
- /ˌæpəˈstɑlɪk/
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apostólico
- I believe in one holy Catholic and apostolic church.
- Apostolic Church
- Apostolic Faith
- apostolic succession
And he brings up the case of George Bernard Shaw, who uses this metaphor of an Apostolic line of succession stretching from Echelis to himself.
- And he brings up the case of George Bernard Shaw, who uses this metaphor of an Apostolic line of succession stretching from Echelis to himself.
Examples
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According to him, in the early churches, apostolic men, heirs of the apostles, existed alongside and above the presbyterial leaders.
Academic text (1992) -
Both Sacred Scripture (Isaiah 7:14) and the Apostolic Tradition express this unchangeable truth.
Blog text (8) -
We believe in one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
Academic text (1993) -
Our community serves those in deepest apostolic need in many parts of the world.
Blog text (10) -
My brothers, in accordance with the Apostolic Constitution, we proceed immediately to the next vote.
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The theological tradition of the church speaks of four marks of the church: one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.
Academic text (2009) -
The wide range of travel these men made is in keeping with the apostolic modus operandi.
Blog text (13) -
The rise of the bishop from the presbyters took place while the apostolic age was fading.
Blog text (13) -
In 1999, he formally presented the apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in America during a Eucharist celebrated at the Guadalupe basilica.
Academic text (2009) -
The teachings of the early Christian church are often described as apostolic due to their foundation in the messages of the Apostles.
Synonyms
Relating to the first leaders of the Christian church and their teachings
Compounds
- Formal
An early church writer who has a link to an Apostle or their close students and writes about the faith
- Formal
A person the Pope sends to represent the Vatican in a country with no official relations
A Christian church in Armenia that began around year 300 and keeps old traditions
- Formal
A bishop sent by the Pope to lead the church in a place without a diocese
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Apostolic comes from the Greek word apostolos, meaning 'one sent', and it shares the same root as apostle. So apostolic describes things that come from the people Jesus sent or from their teaching.