Apostolic may refer to:
The Apostles
An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission:
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Twelve Apostles
In Christian theology and ecclesiology, the apostles, particularly the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Twelve Disciples or simply the Twelve), were the primary disciples of Jesus according to the New Testament. During the life and minist ...
of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles
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Apostolic succession
Apostolic succession is the method whereby the Christian ministry, ministry of the Christian Church is considered by some Christian denominations to be derived from the Twelve Apostles, apostles by a continuous succession, which has usually been ...
, the doctrine connecting the Christian Church to the original Twelve Apostles
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Apostolic Fathers
The Apostolic Fathers, also known as the Ante-Nicene Fathers, were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD who are believed to have personally known some of the Twelve Apostles or to have be ...
, the earliest generation of post-Biblical Christian writers
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Apostolic Age
Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus (–29 AD) to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles () and is thus also known as the Apostolic Age. Early Christianity ...
, the period of Christian history when Jesus' apostles were living
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Apostolic Constitutions
The ''Apostolic Constitutions'' or ''Constitutions of the Holy Apostles'' (Latin: ''Constitutiones Apostolorum'') is a Christian collection divided into eight books which is classified among the Church Orders, a genre of early Christian litera ...
'', part of the Ante-Nicene Fathers collection
Specific to the Roman Catholic Church
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Apostolic Administrator
An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
, appointed by the Pope to an apostolic administration or a diocese without a bishop
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Apostolic Camera
The Apostolic Camera (), formerly known as the was an office in the Roman Curia. It was the central board of finance in the papal administrative system and at one time was of great importance in the government of the States of the Church and ...
, or "Apostolic Chamber", former department of finance for Papal administration
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Apostolic constitution
An apostolic constitution () is the most solemn form of legislation issued by the Pope.New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, pg. 57, footnote 36.
By their nature, apostolic constitutions are addressed to the public. Generic constitutions use ...
, a public decree issued by the Pope
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Apostolic Palace
The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Papal Palace, the Palace of the Vatican and the Vatican Palace. The Vatican itself refers to the build ...
, the residence of the Pope in Vatican City
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Apostolic prefect
An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...
, the head of a mission of the Roman Catholic Church
*The Apostolic See, sometimes used to refer to the See of Rome; see
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Apostolic vicariate
An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established. The status of apostolic vicariate is often ...
, a territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church
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Chancery of Apostolic Briefs, a historical office charged with preparation of Papal correspondence
National churches
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Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, an apostolic organization based in the United States
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Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines)
The Apostolic Catholic Church (ACC) ( or ; ) is an Independent Catholic Christian denomination, denomination established in 1992 by John Florentine Teruel, John Florentine L. Teruel. The ACC has its origin as a Catholic organization founded in t ...
, a church based in the Philippines
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Armenian Apostolic Church
The Armenian Apostolic Church () is the Autocephaly, autocephalous national church of Armenia. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy, it is one of the most ancient Christianity, Christian churches. The Armenian Apostolic Church, like the Armenian Catholic ...
, also known as the Armenian Orthodox Church, the national church of Armenia
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Apostolic Brethren
The Apostolic Brethren (sometimes referred to as Apostolici, Apostoli, or Apostolics) were a Christian sect founded in northern Italy in the latter half of the 13th century by Gerard Segarelli, a native of Alzano in the territory of Parma. He was ...
, a 13th-century sect in northern Italy
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The Apostolic Church Nigeria
The Apostolic Church Nigeria is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Nigeria with its national headquarters in Lagos and international headquarters in Penygroes, United Kingdom, UK.
History
The church has its origins in the founding of a pray ...
, a Lagos-based Pentecostal Christian denomination in Nigeria, affiliated with the Apostolic Church
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Assyrian Church of the East
The Assyrian Church of the East (ACOE), sometimes called the Church of the East and officially known as the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, is an Eastern Christianity, Eastern Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christian denomin ...
, ancient Christian religious body from Assyria
Christian denominations
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Apostolic Christian Church, an anabaptist branch of Christianity
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Laestadianism
Laestadianism (; ; ; ), also known as Laestadian Lutheranism and Apostolic Lutheranism, is a Pietism, pietistic Lutheranism, Lutheran revival movement started in Sápmi in the middle of the 19th century. Named after Church of Sweden, Swedish Lu ...
, or Apostolic Lutheranism, a pietistic Lutheran movement
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Apostolic Pastoral Congress, an organization consisting of Pentecostal bishops, pastors and other clergy, functioning as a collegiate collective, and founded during the first decade of the 21st century
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Catholic Apostolic Church
The Catholic Apostolic Church (CAC), also known as the Irvingian Church or Irvingite Church, is a Christian denomination, denomination in the Restorationist branch of Christianity. It originated in Scotland around 1831 and later spread to Germa ...
, a millenarian religious community, related to the Irvingism movement
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Celtic Orthodox Church
The Celtic Orthodox Church (COC; ), also called the Holy Celtic Church, is an autocephalous Christian church in the Western Rite and Oriental Orthodox traditions founded in the 20th century in France.
Since 25 December 2007, the Celtic Orthod ...
, also known as the Catholic Apostolic Church (Catholicate of the West), a name adopted in the 1940s by a movement to restore ancient Christianity in Britain and the West
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Christ Apostolic Church
Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) is the first Pentecostal church present in Nigeria. It arose in the first half of the 20th century, in the then-British Empire. It was founded in Ijebu-ode named Precious Stone Society in 1918 but was formally esta ...
, an indigenous African church
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New Apostolic Church
The New Apostolic Church (NAC) is a Christian denomination, Christian church of the Catholic Apostolic Church, Irvingian tradition. Its origins are in 1863, in the split from the Catholic Apostolic Church during a schism in Hamburg, Ger ...
, a chiliastic (premillenarian) church
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Oneness Pentecostalism
Oneness Pentecostalism (also known as Apostolic Pentecostalism, Jesus' Name Pentecostalism, or the Oneness movement) is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian branch of Pentecostalism, Pentecostal Christianity that emphasizes the absolute oneness o ...
, also known as Apostolic Pentecostalism, a form of Pentecostal Christianity that is non-trinitarian in theology
Concepts
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apostolic see
An apostolic see is an episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the apostles of Jesus or to one of their close associates. In Catholicism, the phrase "The Apostolic See" when capitalized refers specifically to the See of ...
, any episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the Apostles
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Apostolic poverty
Apostolic poverty is a Christian doctrine professed in the thirteenth century by the newly formed religious orders, known as the mendicant orders, in direct response to calls for reform in the Roman Catholic Church. In this, these orders attempt ...
, a doctrine professed in the 13th century by certain religious orders
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Apostolic King His (Royal) Apostolic Majesty was a styled title used by the Kings of Hungary, in the sense of being latter-day apostles of Christianity.
First creation
The origin of this title dates from around 1000 A.D. when Pope Silvester II conferred it up ...
, hereditary title of the King of Hungary
See also
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Apostle (disambiguation)
Apostle, an anglicization of the Greek ''ἀπόστολος'' (''apóstolos''), refers to a messenger or ambassador.
Apostle may also refer to:
Religion
* Apostles in the New Testament
In Christian theology and ecclesiology, the apos ...
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Apostolic Church (disambiguation) Apostolic Church may refer to:
* In the history of Christianity, the church of the Apostolic Age (1st century AD)
* Any apostolic see, being any episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the apostles of Jesus
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Catholic Apostolic Church (disambiguation) Catholic Apostolic Church or Apostolic Catholic Church may refer to:
*Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines), an Independent Catholic denomination established in 1992
*Catholic Apostolic Church, the movement associated with Edward Irving
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Apostol (disambiguation)
Apostol may refer to:
People
Apostol is an East European name and name element derived from Ancient Greek wiktionary:ἀπόστολος, ἀπόστολος "apostle", and therefore found mainly in Christian societies and cultures.
Given name
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