Apostolic may refer to:
The Apostles
An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission:
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The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles
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Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Church to the original Twelve Apostles
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The Apostolic Fathers, the earliest generation of post-Biblical Christian writers
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The Apostolic Age, the period of Christian history when Jesus' apostles were living
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The Apostolic Constitutions, part of the Ante-Nicene Fathers collection
Specific to the Roman Catholic Church
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Apostolic Administrator, appointed by the Pope to an apostolic administration or a diocese without a bishop
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Apostolic Camera, or "Apostolic Chamber", former department of finance for Papal administration
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Apostolic constitution, a public decree issued by the Pope
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Apostolic Palace, the residence of the Pope in Vatican City
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Apostolic prefect, the head of a mission of the Roman Catholic Church
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The Apostolic See, sometimes used to refer to the See of Rome; see
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Apostolic vicariate, a territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church
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Chancery of Apostolic Briefs, a historical office charged with preparation of Papal correspondence
National churches
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Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, an apostolic organization based in the United States
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Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines), a church based in the Philippines
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Armenian Apostolic Church, also known as the Armenian Orthodox Church, the national church of Armenia
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Apostolic Brethren, a 13th-century sect in northern Italy
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The Apostolic Church Nigeria, a Lagos-based Pentecostal Christian denomination in Nigeria, affiliated with the Apostolic Church
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Assyrian Church of the East, ancient Christian religious body from Assyria
Christian denominations
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Apostolic Christian Church, an anabaptist branch of Christianity
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Laestadianism, or Apostolic Lutheranism, a pietistic Lutheran movement
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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
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Catholic Apostolic Church, a millenarian religious community, related to the Irvingism movement
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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
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Christ Apostolic Church, an indigenous African church
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New Apostolic Church, a chiliastic (premillenarian) church
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Oneness Pentecostalism, also known as Apostolic Pentecostalism, a form of Pentecostal Christianity that is non-trinitarian in theology
Concepts
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An apostolic see, any episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the Apostles
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Apostolic poverty, a doctrine professed in the 13th century by certain religious orders
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Apostolic King, hereditary title of the King of Hungary
See also
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Apostle (disambiguation)
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Apostolic Church (disambiguation)
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Catholic Apostolic Church (disambiguation)
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Apostol (disambiguation)
