apostolic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Hellenic *apó
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó)
Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-)
Proto-Indo-European *stel-der.
Proto-Hellenic *stéľľō
Ancient Greek στέλλω (stéllō)
Ancient Greek ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō)
Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós)bor.
Latin apostolicuslbor.
English apostolic
Learned borrowing from Latin apostolicus (“apostolic”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”).
Inflected forms:
form: Apostolic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: apostolical
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: apostolics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Apostolic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: apostolical
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
pos: adj
examples: an apostolic mission
Amply shall I deem myself remunerated if either by the holy Charm, the good Spell of Leighton's Words, than which few if any since the Apostolic age better deserve the name of Evangelical, or by my own notes and interpolations, the reflecting Reader should be enabled to apprehend—for we may rightly apprehend what no finite mind can fully comprehend—and attach a distinct meaning to, the Mysteries into which his Baptism is the initiation; and thus to feel and know, that Christian Faith is the perfection of Human Reason.
Chapter 3 demonstrated that high churchmen perceived the Church of England to be a visible society and a member of the one holy catholic and apostolic church, though they particularly emphasized the apostolicity of the church.
That was the story of The Salvation Army repeated in many places, at least partly because a small group of people touched the power of the apostolic anointing.[…]In this true story about William Booth, we have an example of what is meant to happen under apostolic grace.
I would like to give this dissertation on the apostolic world of thought in early Christian iconography the subtitle of 'In the land of the blessed' —'Μακάρων ἐνἱ χώρῳ'.
2008, Jonas Clark, Advanced Apostolic Studies, Spirit of Life Publishing, page 60,
Apostolic churches break out of the four walls of the sanctuary onto the streets and into the homes to preach the Gospel.
gloss: According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles.
pos: adj
examples: apostolic faith or practice
gloss: Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Catholic missions.
pos: adj
gloss: A member of the Apostolici.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Derived words: apostolic age
apostolically
apostolic church
apostolic constitution
apostolic exhortation
apostolic father
apostolicism
apostolicity
apostolic letter
apostolicness
apostolic poverty
apostolic prefect
apostolic see
apostolic succession
apostolic visitor
isapostolic
nonapostolic
subapostolic
unapostolic
vicar apostolic
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: առաքելական
roman: aṙakʻelakan
lang: Bulgarian
word: апостолски
roman: apostolski
lang: Catalan
word: apostòlic
lang: Cornish
word: abostolek
lang: Czech
word: apoštolský
lang: Danish
word: apostolisk
lang: Esperanto
word: apostola
lang: Faroese
word: ápostolskur
lang: Finnish
word: apostolinen
lang: French
word: apostolique
lang: Galician
word: apostólico
lang: German
word: apostolisch
lang: Greek
word: αποστολικός
roman: apostolikós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀποστολικός
roman: apostolikós
lang: Icelandic
word: postullegur
lang: Irish
word: aspalda
lang: Irish
word: aspalach
lang: Italian
word: apostolico
lang: Latin
word: apostolicus
lang: Norman
word: apostolique
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: apostolisk
lang: Polish
word: apostolski
lang: Portuguese
word: apostólico
lang: Russian
word: апо́стольский
roman: apóstolʹskij
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: apostolski
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: апостолски
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pósołski
lang: Spanish
word: apostólico
lang: Swedish
word: apostolisk
lang: Tagalog
word: alagarin
lang: Welsh
word: apostolaidd
lang: Welsh
word: apostolig
lang: Yiddish
word: אַפּאָסטאָליש
roman: apostolish