How To Use Apostolic In A Sentence

The Church was no doubt mortally offended by the way in which the Grail stories ignored or abnegated its authority and that of the apostolic succession. The Templar Revelation
The church that holds the undisputable proof as the first authentical apostolic establishment with founder the apostle of the Gentiles himself. Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker
A private viewing was held at the apostolic palace in the Vatican.
He wanted to show that one could be an educated and intelligent believer without abandoning the apostolic rule of faith and life.
Sometimes the second reading, usually made from the Apostolic writings, had the same theme especially in Lent or Advent.

Hairgrips, a pencil, a bobbin, a teaspoon with an apostolic head.
Trusting in her intercession with Christ, who whereas He is the "one mediator of God and men" (1 Timothy ii, 5), chose to make His Mother the advocate of sinners, and the minister and mediatress of grace, as an earnest of heavenly gifts and as a token of Our paternal affection we most lovingly impart the Apostolic Blessing to you, Venerable Brethren, and to all the flock committed to your care. Latest Articles
In sum, the histories and the prophecies of the Old Testament and the gospels and epistles of the New Testament have had one and the same scope, to convert men to the obedience of God: 1. in Moses and the priests; 2. in the man Christ; and 3. in the Apostles and the successors to apostolical power. Leviathan
Opinions are divided about its excellence as an example of oratory; some finding a self-consciousness in it which is unapostolic. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
The apostolic visitation is going to be too little, too late, if the bishops and priests of the Church in the United States do not recognize what has happened and undertake their grave pastoral obligation to correct the errors of these communities. Transparency, Creativity, and Heresy
Peg was gifted with her hands and made numerous vestments for the clergy through her association with the Apostolic Workers.
Much of the present book is devoted to ministerial orders, with an essay on the diaconate and several extended discussions on the episcopal office and the meaning of apostolic succession.
His aspect was perfectly that of a pilgrim , heightened also by an apostolic dignity.
4 According to the Apostolic Constitutions the woman deacon is ordained ‘according to her worthiness’ into a ministry of the lower clergy (subdeacon, lector, cantor).
Though it is little used today, especially since we have the completed Word of God, it was evident in the New Testament apostolic times.
He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Minsk by Pope John Paul II.
The apophatic dimension is well taken, but what I missed here was affirmation of what is actually given in the apostolic faith and discussion of the limits of diversity.
Later this year, the Vatican is expected to begin an apostolic visitation of U.S. seminaries.
There is no need at this time of day to remind ourselves of teachers who have fallen into the fatal springe of apostolicism. Thyrza
You can see this year's programme here; but one point certainly worth noting is that the conference will conclude with a Pontifical Mass according to the usus antiquior in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (Chapel of the Eucharistic Adoration), celebrated by H.E. Msgr. Raymond L. Burke, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, on Sunday 18 October at 10 a.m. Usus Antiquior Pontifical Mass in St. Peter's, Rome
As apostolic nuncio, he automatically became dean of the diplomatic corps.
As mentioned earlier, Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, today celebrated Pontifical Mass in the usus antiquior and ordained five priests for the Franciscans of the Immaculate (FFI) in the church of St. Francis in Tarquinia (a small town in Latium). Ordinations for the Franciscans of the Immaculate
The _nielli_ represented castles, cities, and territories which were subject to the apostolic see. Pagan and Christian Rome
Even slightly learned theologians know that the symbol, which we call apostolical, is not that of all the apostles. A Philosophical Dictionary
I may even boast right reverend authority on the same score; for more than one nonjuring bishop, whose authority and income were upon as apostolical a scale as the greatest abominator of Episcopacy could well desire, have deigned, while partaking of the humble cheer of the Old Mortality
Con questo atto si desidera consolidare le reciproche relazioni di fiducia e intensificare e dare stabilità ai rapporti della Fraternità San Pio X con questa Sede Apostolica. Archive 2009-01-01
The former archdeacons and archpriests and the present vicars capitular and some others have ordinary power in consequence of their office, but by the present discipline vicars Apostolic and vicars forane have only delegated power conferred by special commission. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner
Apostolic ablegate and the bearer of the Golden Rose. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
The constant practice of the churches in former ages, in all their meetings for advice and counsel, to consent unto some form of wholesome words, that might be a discriminating "tessera" [symbol] of their communion in doctrine, being used in prime antiquity, -- as is manifest in that ancient symbol commonly esteemed apostolical (of the chief heads whereof mention in the like summary is made in the very first writers among them), -- having also warrant from the word of God, and being of singular use to hold out unto all other churches of the world our apprehensions of the mind of God in the chief heads of religion, may be considered. The Sermons of John Owen
The mendicants called such a life of poverty and itinerant preaching the vita apostolica.
The apostolic administrator of the prelature was eventually released unharmed.
a forwarding office (Ufficio di Spedizione) with a small personnel; there are, besides the cardinal who presides over the Chancery, the regent, with the college of Apostolic prothonotaries, a notary, secretary and archivist, a protocolist, and four amanuenses. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock
Patres Apostolici", which contains all the letters, both genuine and spurious, in Greek and Latin versions. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
These Oxford dons were convinced that the only reason the state could interfere in the workings of the church was that the English nation had forgotten the apostolic roots of its church.
Vatican apologists and strict adherents will fulminate on and on about the first priest, Peter, receiving the keys to the church and such, but even if those who ignore the several weak links and breaks in the chain of apostolic succession generally concede that Peter himself was a bit of a hot-head, the great mistake-maker of the apostles. Michele Somerville: Roy Bourgeois Detained At The Vatican For The Crime Of Primacy Of Conscience
Firstly, there is a threefold apostolic testimony.
They were called apostolical perhaps because concocted by some of the bishops of the so-called apostolic Churches. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
Those prophetical, apostolical admonitions are well known to all; what Solomon, Anatomy of Melancholy
The Vatican has not had diplomatic relations with China since 1951 when the communist government expelled its apostolic nuncio, or papal ambassador.
In the mandates through which they communicated to their flocks the Bull "Apostolici" they did not hesitate expressly to maintain the distinction between fact and right. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
Not only will one, catholic, and apostolic Church perdure to the end of history; that Church is and always will be holy, as the Bride of Christ whom he has made holy. Infallibility: an infinite regress?
An apostolic answer of an apostolic man, and resembling the reason given by the great Apostle of the loss of the ancient Gentiles, whom he calls inexcusable, for that having known good they followed evil; for it is in a word that which he inculcates in the first chapter of his epistle to the Romans. Treatise on the Love of God
In his Dictionary, Johnson defined 'Tory' as, "One who adheres to the antient constitution of the state, and the apostolical hierarchy of the church of England, opposed to a Whig". The King across the Water
Martin Luther, in guiding the 16 th-century church back to the apostolic teaching of salvation by grace through faith active in love, was aware that the gospel of grace is so freeing that it might become an excuse for licentious behavior.
About 100,000 people gathered to see the Pope's body make its solemn journey from the Vatican's Apostolic Palace to his local church, St Peter's, where it will be entombed alongside popes from throughout history.
The same day in Bulgaria, representatives of the Roman Catholic Church revealed more details about the upcoming apostolic visit.
Men who have been reared in a system of ecclesiastical endowments are apt to cherish the very unapostolic belief that money is a sacred thing; but even they are coming, though by slow degrees, to realize that the Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences
The institution of bishops he defends as convenient and of long standing, rather than as based on Apostolic succession.
There is ample evidence from apostolic times, from the patristic, canonical and liturgical tradition, well into the Byzantine period that this order was held in high honor.
Apostolici" denied purgatory and the utility of prayers for the departed. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
Christianity; and this necessarily draws on and engages them in a dispute of the particular points and differences betwixt us; which is the very thing they would avoid by this method, and which I have now plainly shewed they cannot do, because they cannot possibly prove their church to be the true church, with out shewing the conformity of their doctrines and practices to the doctrine and practice of the primitive and apostolic church; and this will give them work enough; and will, whether they will or no, draw them out of their hold and fastness, which is to amuse people with a general inquiry which is the true church, without descending to the examination of their particular doctrines and practices. The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 04.
It is known that the German and Polish noblemen allowed the Apostolic See to collect the annates for only a few years in order to restrain the enemies of the Christian faith and to check the Turk in his attacks.
El Industrial" (Quito, 1895), año IV., num 132, 133, 135; as also the "Noticias autenticas del famoso rio Marañon y misión apóstolica de la Compañia de Jesús de la provincia de Quito en los dilatados bosques de dicho rio escribilas por los anos de 1738 un misinero de la misma compania y las publicas ahora por primera vez Marcos Jimenez de la Espada" (Madrid, 1889), with maps drawn up by Maroni. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
Other recurrent characters are the four old men, collectively called Mamalujo and modelled on the four evangelists and also an apostolic group of twelve who feature as clients in the pub, or members of a jury.
The episcopate was not formed from the Apostolic order through the localization of the universal authority of the Apostles, but from the presbyteral (by elevation). The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
The early church was established by apostolic writing as well as apostolic preaching.
Original and Apostolic Christianity was not furnished with a ready - made polity, but Apostles had unique authority.
Later usage has restricted the term plenary to those councils which are presided over by a delegate of the Apostolic See, who has received special power for that purpose, and which are attended by all the metropolitans and bishops of some commonwealth, empire, or kingdom, or by their duly accredited representatives. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
Following a question from The Sunday Business Post, the secretariat at the nunciature responded: ‘The Apostolic Nunciature would point out that it is not its practice to comment on any specific legal case.’
In 1290 he renewed the condemnation of the sect known as the Apostolici (q. v.). The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
Most of them accepted tradition and creeds only as they contained and were in agreement with the apostolic witness.
Augustine says: “The ‘Apostolici’ are those who with extreme arrogance have given themselves that name, because they do not admit into their communion persons who are married or possess anything of their own, such as both monks and clerics who in considerable number are to be found in the Catholic Church.” The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas
When the Lord commissioned Peter to be a leader of the apostolic church, he presented his role not as commander-in-chief or company executive but as a provider of food.
Hairgrips, a pencil, a bobbin, a teaspoon with an apostolic head.
The liturgy will end with the Pope's giving his apostolic blessing, known as Urbi et Orbi, or ‘to the city and the world’.
Neither did the apostles determine the matter (as hath been said) by apostolical authority from immediate revelation: but they assembled together with the elders, _to consider of the matter_, ver. 6, and a _multitude of brethren_ together with them, ver. 12, 22, 23; and after searching out the cause by an ordinary means of disputation, ver. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
On demanding an explanation of this unapostolic alliance, the diocesan received an indignant reply from the priest that he had mistaken his character, for he was incapable of aiding or abetting the sin of bigamy, and that all he had done was to pronounce a blessing for their living happily together until her husband should return. Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia
As the successors of Peter in Rome, the popes laid claim to apostolic supremacy, just as Peter had been given primacy over the apostles in the mother community in Jerusalem after the Resurrection of Christ.
To neutralize the risk that these philosophical positions would lead to heterodox beliefs, a decree of the Fifth Lateran Council (Apostolici regiminis, 1513) had made the immortality of the soul a dogma of the Church and had commanded all university professors of philosophy, when lecturing on doctrines that deviated from it, to make every effort to teach the truth of the Christian religion and to refute any philosophical arguments that challenged it. Pietro Pomponazzi
Apostolicæ Sedis ", 1910, 580) the date of the anniversary of the election of a bishop is no longer that of his preconization in the consistory, but that of the decree or letter by which he is appointed. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
Appointed Vicar Apostolic of New France, with the title of Bishop of Petrea, Laval was consecrated on 8 Dec., 1658, by the papal nuncio Piccolomini in the abbatical church of The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
It was a funeral we all dream of - majestic organ, wonderful hymns and choral anthems, and the sermon about David and about the gospel that sustained him in the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic faith.
How can the church regain an apostolic focus? Christianity Today
A recent series of articles and short video documentaries [complete list here] at the website Talk To Action, which analyzes the intersection of religion and politics, has focused on connections of Palin's churches to that movement and begun to map out the barely-noticed yet rapidly growing, international move among fundamentalist Christianity, away from Christian denominationalism and towards a type of hyper-fundamentalism bent on achieving worldly power. more on Third Wave/New Apostolic Reformation Bruce Wilson: In '05 Video, Pastor Anoints Palin, Says Christians Should "Infiltrate" Government, Schools, Business
Cumberland District Indian Missions, in 1903, to his appointment as director of Duck Lake Indian Industrial school, and, in 1910, to his preconization as titular Bishop of Berenice and Vicar Apostolic of The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement]
A key figure here was the unscrupulous careerist Henri Costerius, a protonotary apostolic eager for a bishopric, who as a Borghese client, had powerful friends in Rome.
If the fourth gospel is held to be of apostolic origin and trustworthy, the task of the harmonist is chiefly that of combining these two records of Mark and John. The Life of Jesus of Nazareth
Some have observed that whereas in all the epistles to the churches the apostolical benediction is grace and peace, in these two epistles to Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
An apostolic adminisration, which is no: can be quasi-diocesan, normally would be. Motu Proprio "Ecclesiae Unitatem" - in English
Twenty pages on Bishop Myriel -- that rather piebald angel who makes the way impossible for any successor by his fantastic and indecent "apostolicism" in living; who tells, _not_ like St. Athanasius, an allowable equivocation to save his valuable self, but a downright lie to save a worthless rascal; and who admits defeat in argument by the stale sophisms of a moribund _conventionnel_ -- might have been tolerable. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
He also served as an island council member and mayor for many years and after he converted to the Apostolic faith, he became a pastor.
Therefore, it is easy to understand that the Apostolic Churches could not be lost sight of in such controversies, and it may be of interest to point out the apologetic argument of Irenaeus and Tertullian, which is founded on the preservation of the Apostolic doctrine in the various Apostolic Churches. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
Herein lies the evangelical insistence on lifting up the central apostolic message preserved in the Christian Testament.
In this capacity he conscientiously fulfilled his duties for thirty-one years in a perfect apostolic spirit.
Paul admitted that boasting over his apostolic credentials made him a fool.
I note that an exarchate is the Eastern Rite parallel to the apostolic administration. Motu Proprio "Ecclesiae Unitatem" - in English
No one form of Church polity as permanently unalterable is laid down in the New Testament though the apostolical order of bishops, or presbyters, and deacons, superintended by higher overseers (called bishops after the apostolic times), has the highest sanction of primitive usage. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The priest is the ordained representative of the bishop and, as such, the most visible apostolic link between the local community and the universal church.
Here, with an air of prophet-like boldness and infallibility, we have once again an announcement of the inadequacy of the Reformation, the formal and external character of prevailing types of religion, and the unapostolic nature of the existing churches. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries
Together, the miniatures address the presence of a modern Elymas, Luther, and reassert Paul's apostolic authority; legitimately mandated to the papacy.
She was involved with the Apostolic Workers, which epitomises the type of person Gretta was, always giving her time to charitable causes.
There was, in truth, a twofold epocha of the persecution of the apostolical church, namely, both before that apostasy of which we have such frequent mention, and also after it. From the Talmud and Hebraica
This indulgence is already contained in the apostolic constitution, Indulgentiarum doctrina, norm 15. 11/01/2003 - 12/01/2003
The creed has a legitimate claim to its title insofar as all articles are found in theological formulas current around 100 AD, between the Apostolic Period and the beginning of the Post-Apostolic Period: elements found in the Interrogatory Creed of Hippolytus (c. Latest Articles
Apostolici, by Jacobson (Oxford, 1840), with a critical text and rich prolegomena and annotations, cannot be dispensed with by any Patristic inquirer. ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
Perhaps post-gospel traditions of Mark as apostolic associate and interpreter were religious by-products of the need, manifested by early Christians, to recall and to recast Jesus' activities.
How can the church regain an apostolic focus? Christianity Today
Qui autem cognoscere volunt quid catholica et apostolica ecclesia de investitura senserit, quid docuerit, quid iudicaverit et constituerit, legat in primo capitulo illius concilii quod temporibus Hamilton: "A Liturgy of Reform"
After serving as apostolic delegate to Greece and Turkey from 1935 and as papal nuncio in liberated France from 1944, in 1953 he became a cardinal and Patriarch of Venice.
He saw his vocation as one of prayer and apostolic work.
SO that is how it attacks the hierarchy - it is the en dof Apostolic Succession EXCEPT inthe FALSE DICHOTOMY of separating the "spiritual" from the "physical" - i.e., their disclaimer is that the Bishop is still allowed to teach the STRICTLY RELIGIOUS stuff! The State of Connecticut attacks the Catholic Church
Those who, in any way whatsoever, prevent the execution of the apostolical letters, whether they grant pardons or inflict penalties. A Philosophical Dictionary
The Apostolic ablegate is generally a Roman prelate or private chamberlain, sent to bear the cardinal's biretta to a new cardinal who is absent from the residence of the pope. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
I won't have to worry this week that he'll use my dough to bankroll consiglieri who get bosses off the hook when they're charged with pimping out children, or nabbed on tax code and RICO violation counts; nor fear my contributions will be used to fund cheese-eaters on Apostolic Inquisition teams (technically Apostolic Visitation teams), Vatican snitches who spy on women in convents. Michele Somerville: Church Collection: Should Conscientious Catholics Stop Giving?
He posits that while God's offer of salvation and the human response to it are the heart of Christian soteriology, God has actually given an historical assurance of salvation through the ministry of the apostolic church.
'Apostolici' are those who with extreme arrogance have given themselves that name, because they do not admit into their communion persons who are married or possess anything of their own, such as both monks and clerics who in considerable number are to be found in the Catholic Church. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
The distortions of the Marcionites, Gnostics, and Montanists were carefully examined under the criteria of apostolic testimony.
Catholic Doctrine: (i) All men are equal in that all come from the hand of the same Creator, all have been redeemed by Jesus Christ, and all will be judged, rewarded or punished by God according to the exact measure of their merits and demerits. (cf encyclical Quod Apostolici muneris (Pope Leo XIII), Dec. 28, 1878). Archive 2007-10-14
Pascendi dominici gregis mandatum ", etc. The conclusion takes the following form: --" Nos vero, pignus caritatis Nostræ divinique in adversis solatii, Apostolicam The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
He believed that Baptists represented a reincarnation of apostolic Christianity, the truest expression of the faith that had become corrupted during the second century with the introduction of infant baptism.
I admire a lot of things about Protestants and evangelicals - I admire their commitment, their apostolic fervour.
May, 1492, in virtue of the Apostolic commission of Innocent VIII granted on 4 August, 1486, restoring, by right of postliminium, the The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement]
It is known that the Orthodox Churches' reservation is based on the fact that they don't see a theological foundation that justifies the existence of the Eastern Catholic Churches, while for the Catholic Church the fact of their full communion with the Apostolic See of Rome with the bonds of the profession of the faith, of the sacraments and of the ecclesiastical government, justifies their ecclesiasticism and canonicity. Challenges of Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue
I may even boast right reverend authority on the same score; for more than one nonjuring bishop, whose authority and income were upon as apostolical a scale as the greatest abominator of Episcopacy could well desire, have deigned, while partaking of the humble cheer of the Old Mortality
I may even boast right reverend authority on the same score; for more than one nonjuring bishop, whose authority and income were upon as apostolical a scale as the greatest abominator of Episcopacy could well desire, have deigned, while partaking of the humble cheer of the Old Mortality
He was prominent among the apostles, though James, as bishop of Jerusalem, had the chief authority there (Mt 16: 18). abode -- or "tarried" [Ellicott]. fifteen days -- only fifteen days; contrasting with the long period of three years, during which, previously, he had exercised an independent commission in preaching: a fact proving on the face of it, how little he owed to Peter in regard to his apostolical authority or instruction. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Apostolic of the Western District, proposed to the community that they should abandon the monastic state and become a kind of diocesan seminary under himself. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
The foundation of Waldensian belief was, therefore, in its claim to direct apostolic succession, which was justified historically as we have said in the Donation of Constantine, and practically in the apostolic lives of the perfecti. HERESY IN THE MIDDLE AGES
The apostolic administration is better than the personal prelacy. Motu Proprio "Ecclesiae Unitatem" - in English
Earlier, thousands of people came to cheer the Pope as he rode in the so-called Popemobile from the airport to the Apostolic Nunciature. The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines
Pelag., hath this passage of him and from him: “Ignatius vir apostolicus et martyr scribit audacter, elegit Dominus apostolos qui super crones homines peccatores erant;” which words, as they are not now in these epistles, so, as one observes, if ever he wrote them, as is pretended, he did it audacter indeed. The Doctrine of the Saints�� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
Sometimes the second reading, usually made from the Apostolic writings, had the same theme especially in Lent or Advent.
Si forasse nostri legati in eadem sinodo contra apostolicam preceptionem egerint, nos nec recipimus nec iudicamus alicuius existere firmitatis. Archive 2007-05-01
Jewish temple is mentioned, it is called hieron, not naos, and so in the apostolic Epistles; but this is simply because no occasion for mentioning the literal Holy Place (Greek, "naos") occurs in Acts and the Epistles; indeed, in Ac 7: 48, though not directly, there does occur the term, naos, indirectly referring to the Jerusalem temple Holy Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Or he may have been solicitous to procure from the apostles a message for his Gentile churches, giving an authoritative contradiction to the insinuations of his enemies as to the unapostolic character of his gospel. The Life of St. Paul
An encouraging and positive General Assembly passed into history on the Thursday evening with the singing of Psalm 122 and the apostolic benediction.
In this ultimo tempo, the paths of Peter and his apostolic twin, Judas, cross and ultimately diverge.
Northerner observed this injunction by robbing the slave-owner and stealing away the slave -- all in the name and for the greater glory of God! Singularly enough, the parents of these moralists -- who teach the negro the unapostolic christianity of stealing himself -- were those who stole from their homes, and sold for the highest penny, the Angola ancestors of our present slaves. Cause and contrast : an essay on the American crisis,
Nevertheless, the Vatican has already said that a section of its archive dating from 1931 to 1934 was destroyed or lost during the bombing of Berlin in 1945 and in a fire at the apostolic nuncio's palace.
To make their proof more precise Tertullian and Irenæus therefore asserted that the Churches guaranteed the incorruptness of the apostolic inheritance, inasmuch as they could point to a chain of "elders," or, in other words, an "ordo episcoporum per successionem ab initio decurrens," which was a pledge that nothing false had been mixed up with it. [ History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
For it is only when we discover the living link which bound them to the Apostolic Tradition of which they are witnesses, that we shall understand their writings and establish the heterodoxy of some passages, as for instance, the Origenistic apocatastasis in the writings of Gregory of Nyssa. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
The most authoritative guidance comes from Holy Scripture understood in the light of apostolic tradition, inasmuch as this is the normative channel whereby revelation is transmitted.
He believes episcopacy to be of apostolic origin and to have received divine approbation, if not direct command.
How can the church regain an apostolic focus? Christianity Today
A note of thanks to all who supported the Apostolic Work in their annual display and sale of handknits.
Manifold errors have arisen from this misapprehension, which is far from the meaning of the apostolic injunction. The Scriptural Expositions of Dr. Augustus Neander: III. The First Epistle of John, Practically Explained.
Rome he became abbreviator Apostolic and referendary of the Segnatura di Giustizia. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner
We have here an apostolic benediction on those who should give a due regard to this divine revelation; and this benediction is given more generally and more especially. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
I carefully cataloged these and simultaneously pulled together a group of apostles which I called the Lakeland Outpouring Apostolic DiscernIt
Of Germanus 'works "certain homilies on Marian themes have survived, of which some have had a profound influence on the piety of entire generations of faithful, both in the East and the West", including one which Pope Pius XII "set like a pearl in the 1950 Apostolic Constitution' Munificentissimus Deus '", dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Benedict XVI on St. Germanus of Constantinople, defender of holy images
Jesu Christi vicario in terris appellare aut illius judicium in causis fidei, quæ tamquam majores ad ipsum et sedem Apostolicam deferendæ sunt, declinare, Mansi, Conc., The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
What to that apostolic lancer, Brother Jonathan, is Texas but a Fast-Fish? Moby Dick; or the Whale
In the apostolic era many women are mentioned as apostles, leaders of house churches, prophets, deacons, and so on.
The apostolical benediction is the same as usual: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
At the end of 1944, he became apostolic nuncio to France.
As early as 1398 he had left Avignon as a silent protest against the unapostolic spirit of that court. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
In Divini Amoris Scientia, his apostolic letter announcing the doctorate, the Pope goes even further.
There is a polemic edge in Gnostic writings like the Gospel of Mary and the Gospel of Philip against the stupidities of the ‘apostolic men,’ whose literalism appears laughable beside the higher wisdom of the elite.
Mark," and the unapostolic origin of the fourth gospel, are points which may for the future be regarded as wellnigh established by circumstantial evidence. The Unseen World and Other Essays
Concedimus vobis Apostolicam benedictionem, et remissionem peccatorum. The White Devil
He who does not bring or teach apostolic doctrine ought not to be received by the Church which is built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets.
And it remains a matter of debate to what extent Luke is exercising editorial privilege in his accounts of the apostolic preaching.
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin had talks with the Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, ten days ago at the apostolic nunciature in the Navan Road in Dublin.
The main celebrant was the new Apostolic Nuncio to Austria, who was assisted by Cardinal von Schönborn of Vienna and Bishop Kapellari of Graz. Te Deum in Vienna
The Governor, the Prince assistant, the _Uditore della Camera_, the Treasurer, the _Maggiordomo_, the Apostolic protonotaries; the The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome
The Vatican appoints an apostolic visitor when it receives allegations of ‘grave irregularities’ at an institution of a diocese.
It's called 'primitivism' when the ancient source comes from the apostolic age. URGENT The "Reform of the Reform" is in motion
Did the Jewish Scriptures have the same authority as apostolic Christian writings?
Later this year, the Vatican is expected to begin an apostolic visitation of U.S. seminaries.
The Church revenues were drawn through these unapostolic prelates, and came into the hands of the State, or at least of Morton. A Short History of Scotland
The strong drift toward preexilic Judaism increasingly alienated early converts who had wanted simply to restore the apostolic Christian church and who opposed such innovations as plural marriage, temple ordinances, baptism for the dead, and the political Kingdom of God. Secrets of the Mormons
Lorenzo de Monticelso electus est in sedem apostolicam, et elegit sibi nomen Paulum Quartum. The White Devil
As the successors of Peter in Rome, the popes laid claim to apostolic supremacy, just as Peter had been given primacy over the apostles in the mother community in Jerusalem after the Resurrection of Christ.
From these women arose a new type of religious woman, the beguine. 7 These women took temporary vows of chastity, while embracing apostolic poverty and a life of prayer combined with service. Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany
The essential apostolic office is that of the bishop, an office intimately associated with the person and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Catholics believe that the full and right ordering of the Church embraces seven sacraments, including the apostolic and sacramentally ordained ministry.
There can be a distinction between two levels of the second tier of ministry, and we can use the title bishop for the top level, and presbyter for the bottom, so long as we understand that we aren't endorsing an essential, Apostolicly-instituted distinction between the two. Orrologion
He wanted to show that one could be an educated and intelligent believer without abandoning the apostolic rule of faith and life.
What had been a group of pious unlet - tered laymen had by 1215 become an intransigeant sect claiming to be the one true apostolic church and denouncing the Roman church in the language of the HERESY IN THE MIDDLE AGES
This indulgence is already contained in the apostolic constitution, Indulgentiarum doctrina, norm 15. it is included here in light of the Sacred Penitentiary's deliberations since the constitution was issued. Christmas is coming. . . . .
It was bombarded with complaints from the nuncio, the apostolic administrator for the diocese and other senior clerics.
Under the Apostolic listing are prison visiting, family contacts, catechism classes, Catholic action groups and Sunday schools.
I may even boast right reverend authority on the same score; for more than one nonjuring bishop, whose authority and income were upon as apostolical a scale as the greatest abominator of Episcopacy could well desire, have deigned, while partaking of the humble cheer of the Wallace Inn, to furnish me with information corrective of the facts which I learned from others. Old Mortality, Complete
The prestige of the city itself was no longer sufficient; but in the doctrine of apostolic succession the popes had an unassailable position.
This law may well remind us of those remains of extinct classes of animals which the naturalist studies with so much interest, as it obviously belongs to an era even anterior to that of the so-called apostolical canons. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
First in that long line were the Gnostics of the Apostolic age.
In one of the so-called apostolical canons, framed probably before the Council of Nice, this arrangement is embodied. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
Hence, he criticizes those who fail to exercise judgment in such a way and who simply insist that Presbyterian orders are of apostolic origin and must be followed by all churches at all times.
The lingo of horse racing, with words like "handicapping" and "top runners," is being applied to two men: W.shington Archbishop Donald W. W.erl and Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican's highest court. The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines
He was ordained priest 20 November, 1887, arrived in the Congo in 1888, at Luluabourg in 1891, and in 1904 was placed at the head of the newly created prefecture Apostolic. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
There are also two Latin tracts, De abusionibus saeculi and De Tribus habitaculis, also probably not by Patrick, that were attributed to him; as was a synodical decree, Si quae quaestiones in hac insula oriantur, ad Sedem Apostolicam referantur. Works by and Attributed to St. Patrick
Cor.v. 3-5 Viri ergo Apostolici et veterea quique contuinaces et eccle slastica censura dignos e contubernio sanctorum abjecerent, excludentes eoa a sacris cætibus, et communione corporis et sanguinis mystici. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)
It pivots on the mutual affirmation of each other as churches belonging to the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church of Jesus Christ.
Apostolica, che levata questa viene a cader in tutto, quella non essendo ella legitime herede del regno, se non per la legitimation del matrimonio della regina sua madre, et questa non valendo senon per l'autorita et dispensa del Papa. The Reign of Mary Tudor
Bulgarians have expressed a positive attitude towards the Papal apostolic visit.
Here he saw and put into practice the task of exegesis as listening to the text as apostolic testimony to divine address.
If the church is fallible through-and-through, then no claim about what being faithful to the apostolic witness consists in can be accounted binding on all believers, for any such claim would have to be accounted revisable in principle. Dr Witt responds at last
Persons wishing to embrace the apostolic life as monks had to do so under one of the approved rules and new houses had to be incorporated by charter with one of the existing orders.
The apostolic message is that healing space was created through the Christ on the cross as God's response to human violence.
The priority of the so-called gospel of Matthew, the Pauline purpose of "Luke," the second in date of our gospels, the derivative and second-hand character of "Mark," and the unapostolic origin of the fourth gospel, are points which may for the future be regarded as wellnigh established by circumstantial evidence. The Unseen World, and Other Essays
Peter [325] down to the present time; and she alone maintained a brief but definitely formulated _lex_, which she entitled the summary of apostolic tradition, and by reference to which she decided all questions of faith with admirable certainty. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
Also praiseworthy is his emphasis on John as a close reader of Scripture, and as a person of the church with a wide apostolic mission to direct others in the life of contemplative prayer.
First, Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, will celebrate Pontifical Mass and ordain five priests for the Franciscans of the Immaculate (FFI) in the church of St. Francis in Tarquinia (a small town in Latium) on the Feast of the Annunciation (25 March 2009) at 10 a.m. Three Important Upcoming Masses in the Usus Antiquior

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