apostolic
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9.4
- adjective
- /ˌæpəˈstɑlɪk/
:
apostólico
- The following year, Archbishop Ruiz, now the Apostolic Delegate, was deported because of presumed loyalties to the Pope.
- an apostolic letter
- apostolic succession
- an apostolic exhortation
Examples
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John Trivisonno said that he is going to write to the Apostolic Delegate.
Academic text (1998) -
On August 25, the pope issued a letter, "Our Apostolic Mandate," on the Sillon.
Academic text (2010) -
And then now like Apostolic union, it's like the connection to the Holy Father and not so much him.
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- ...and the Apostolic Palace.
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- The imperial British state and the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church.
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And so in the Bible we have this phenomenon of what we call Apostolic prophecy.
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But what was the significance of the creation of the Apostolic Delegation for these interactions?
Academic text (2018) -
In the summer of 1998, John Paul II issued an apostolic letter Ad tuendam fidem.
Academic text (2002) -
For Catholics, these values include unity, apostolic succession in ministry, validity, and the recognition of pastoral necessity.
Academic text (2002) -
The pope's latest encyclical strengthens the apostolic authority of the church.
Synonyms
23
7.9
Relating to the pope or his office
3
9.7
Relating to a bishop, the pope, or church ceremonies
Relating to the pope or to the pope's authority
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 is also used about the pope because the pope is seen as following the apostles, the first people 'sent' by Jesus. So apostolic can mean something that comes from the pope or from his authority.