Definition of Apostalic
{ Ap`os*tol"ic (&?;), Ap`os*tol"ic*al (&?;), }
a. [L. apostolicus, Gr. &?;: cf. F.
apostolique.] 1. Pertaining to an apostle, or
to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an
apostolical mission; the apostolic age.
2. According to the doctrines of the apostles;
delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or
practice.
3. Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy;
papal.
Apostolical brief. See under Brief. --
Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts
relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and
discipline of the church in the second and third centuries. --
Apostolic church, the Christian church; -- so called
on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order. The churches
of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called apostolic
churches. -- Apostolic constitutions,
directions of a nature similar to the apostolic canons, and
perhaps compiled by the same authors or author. -- Apostolic
fathers, early Christian writers, who were born in the first
century, and thus touched on the age of the apostles. They were Polycarp,
Clement, Ignatius, and Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been
added. -- Apostolic king (or
majesty), a title granted by the pope to the kings of
Hungary on account of the extensive propagation of Christianity by St.
Stephen, the founder of the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of
Austria in right of the throne of Hungary. -- Apostolic
see, a see founded and governed by an apostle; specifically,
the Church of Rome; -- so called because, in the Roman Catholic belief, the
pope is the successor of St. Peter, the prince of the apostles, and the
only apostle who has successors in the apostolic office. --
Apostolical succession, the regular and uninterrupted
transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of bishops from the
apostles to any subsequent period. Hook.
Ap`os*tol"ic, n. [L. apostolicus.]
(Eccl. Hist.) A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at
various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.
- According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.
- Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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