Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 11 compound words that contain apostolic. The most common are listed below. Open apostolic in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- apostolic successionThe unbroken chain of consecrations by laying on of hands from the Apostles of Jesus Christ to the bishops, and from to bishop to bishop through the ages.
- Apostolic AgeThe period of the Twelve Apostles, dating from the Great Commission of the Apostles by the resurrected Jesus in Jerusalem (c. 33 AD), until the death of the last Apostle, believed to be John the Apostle in Anatolia (c. 100 AD).
- Armenian Apostolic ChurchThe national Church of Armenia.
- apostolic constitutionThe most solemn form of legislation issued by the pope.
- apostolic letterOne of the books of the New Testament which was originally a letter issued by an apostle to an individual or a community.
- Apostolic TimesSynonym of Apostolic Age: The period of the Twelve Apostles, dating from the Great Commission of the Apostles by the resurrected Jesus in Jerusalem (c. 33 AD), until the death of the last Apostle, believed to be John the Apostle in …
- apostolic exhortationA magisterial document written by the pope.
- apostolic visitorIn the Catholic Church, a papal representative with a transient mission to perform a canonical visitation of relatively short duration and to submit a report to the Holy See afterwards.
- vicar apostolicA Roman Catholic prelate who is ordained (titular) bishop and administers a missionary jurisdiction that is not (yet) a diocese, but ranks higher than an apostolic prefecture.
- vicars apostolicplural of vicar apostolic: A Roman Catholic prelate who is ordained (titular) bishop and administers a missionary jurisdiction that is not (yet) a diocese, but ranks higher than an apostolic prefecture.
- apostolic visitorsplural of apostolic visitor: In the Catholic Church, a papal representative with a transient mission to perform a canonical visitation of relatively short duration and to submit a report to the Holy See afterwards.
- apostolic successionsplural of apostolic succession: The unbroken chain of consecrations by laying on of hands from the Apostles of Jesus Christ to the bishops, and from to bishop to bishop through the ages.
Compound words 11
- apostolicityThe quality of being apostolic, notably of preserving authenticity within the mission and tradition of the Christian church as founded by Jesus Christ and his twelve original Apostles, through their representatives and successors in the …
- unapostolicNot apostolic; unconnected to the apostles or contrary to their teachings.
- antiapostolicOpposing the apostles.
- apostolicismThe quality of being apostolical; apostolicity.
- nonapostolicNot apostolic.
- ApostolicshipThe office of a Pope
- apostolicallyIn an apostolic way.
- apostolicitiesplural of apostolicity: The quality of being apostolic, notably of preserving authenticity within the mission and tradition of the Christian church as founded by Jesus Christ and his twelve original Apostles, through their representatives …
- apostolicnessThe state or quality of being apostolic.
- subapostolicPertaining to the period after the apostolic age (the time of Christ's apostles) and the early Catholic age (when the followers of the apostles were gone) in early Christian church history, at the tail end of the first century and into the …