Apostolic


Apostolic


Apostolic may refer to:

The Apostles

An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission:

  • The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles
  • Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Church to the original Twelve Apostles
  • The Apostolic Fathers, the earliest generation of post-Biblical Christian writers
  • The Apostolic Age, the period of Christian history when Jesus' apostles were living
  • The Apostolic Constitutions, part of the Ante-Nicene Fathers collection

Specific to the Roman Catholic Church

  • Apostolic Administrator, appointed by the Pope to an apostolic administration or a diocese without a bishop
  • Apostolic Camera, or "Apostolic Chamber", former department of finance for Papal administration
  • Apostolic constitution, a public decree issued by the Pope
  • Apostolic Palace, the residence of the Pope in Vatican City
  • Apostolic prefect, the head of a mission of the Roman Catholic Church
  • The Apostolic See, sometimes used to refer to the See of Rome; see Apostolic see § Specific reference to Rome
  • Apostolic vicariate, a territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Chancery of Apostolic Briefs, a historical office charged with preparation of Papal correspondence

National churches

  • Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, an apostolic organization based in the United States
  • Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines), a church based in the Philippines
  • Armenian Apostolic Church, also known as the Armenian Orthodox Church, the national church of Armenia
  • Apostolic Brethren, a 13th-century sect in northern Italy
  • The Apostolic Church Nigeria, a Lagos-based Pentecostal Christian denomination in Nigeria, affiliated with the Apostolic Church
  • Assyrian Church of the East, ancient Christian religious body from Assyria

Christian denominations

  • Apostolic Christian Church, an anabaptist branch of Christianity
  • Laestadianism, or Apostolic Lutheranism, a pietistic Lutheran movement
  • 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
  • Catholic Apostolic Church, a millenarian religious community, related to the Irvingism movement
  • Celtic Orthodox Church, 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
  • Christ Apostolic Church, an indigenous African church
  • New Apostolic Church, a chiliastic (premillenarian) church
  • Oneness Pentecostalism, also known as Apostolic Pentecostalism, a form of Pentecostal Christianity that is non-trinitarian in theology

Concepts

  • An apostolic see, any episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the Apostles
  • Apostolic poverty, a doctrine professed in the 13th century by certain religious orders
  • Apostolic King, hereditary title of the King of Hungary

See also

  • Apostle (disambiguation)
  • Apostolic Church (disambiguation)
  • Catholic Apostolic Church (disambiguation)
  • Apostol (disambiguation)

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