Apostolic

Apostolic may refer to:
*The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the 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
*Chancery of Apostolic Briefs, a historical office charged with preparation of Papal correspondence
*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
*An Apostolic See is any episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the Apostles.
*Apostolic vicariate, a territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church
Other churches and religious movements:
*Apostolic, Pentecostal, Oneness
*Armenian Apostolic Church, also known as the Armenian Orthodox Church, the national church of Armenia
*Apostolic Brethren, a 13th-century sect in northern Italy
*Apostolic Catholic and Spiritual Church, an independent Old Catholic Church of the Utrecht Succession
*Apostolic Christian Church, an anabaptist branch of Christianity
*Apostolic Church (denomination), an Evangelical Pentecostal denomination founded in 1916 in the United Kingdom
*Apostolic Johannite Church, a Gnostic church claiming apostolic succession
*Catholic Apostolic Church, a millenarian religious community, related to the Irvingism movement
*International Circle of Faith
*New Apostolic Church, a chiliastic church
*Oneness Pentecostalism, a large Christian grouping who assert a different doctrine of the Trinity to Evangelical churches
*Primitive Apostolic Christianity (Sabbatarian)
Other uses:
*Apostolic poverty, a doctrine professed in the 13th century by certain religious orders
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