Apostolic

[ap-uh-stol-ik]

Apostolic may refer to:

The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them
Apostolic Succession, the doctrine connecting the Church to the original Twelve Apostles
The Apostolic Fathers, the earliest generation of Christian writers
The Apostolic Age, the period of Christian history when Jesus' apostles were living

Specific to the Roman Catholic Church:

Apostolic Administrator, appointed by the Pope to serve certain needy areas
Apostolic Camera, or "Apostolic Chamber", former department of finance for Papal administration
Apostolic chancery, 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
Apostolic vicariate, a territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church

Other churches and religious movements:

Apostolic Pentecostal Oneness
Oneness Pentecostal
International Circle of Faith
Apostolic Church (denomination), a Pentecostal Christian denomination
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 Johannite Church, a Gnostic church claiming apostolic succession
Armenian Apostolic Church, also known as the Armenian Orthodox Church, the national church of Armenia
Catholic Apostolic Church, a millenarian religious community
New Apostolic Church, a chiliastic church
Primitive Apostolic Christianity (Sabbatarian)

Other uses:

Apostolic poverty, a doctrine professed in the 13th century by certain religious orders
Apostolic King, hereditary title of the King of Hungary

See also