apostolic

adj. of the Pope; pertaining to or characteristic of an apostle (Christian missionary or disciple)

Apostolic may refer to:The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to themApostolic Succession, the doctrine connecting the Church to the original Twelve ApostlesThe Apostolic Fathers, the earliest generation of Christian writersThe Apostolic Age, the period of Christian history when Jesus' apostles were living
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Adjective
1. of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings
(synonym) apostolical
(pertainym) Apostle
2. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; "papal dispensation"
(synonym) papal, apostolical, pontifical
(pertainym) Pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome

(n.)
A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.
  

(a.)
Alt. of Apostolical
  

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