Apostolic
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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:
- The Apostolic Palace, the residence of the Pope in Vatican City
- Apostolic constitution, a public decree issued by the Pope
- Apostolic Administrator, appointed by the Pope to serve certain needy areas
- Apostolic vicariate, a territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church
- Apostolic prefect, the head of a mission of the Roman Catholic Church
- Apostolic chancery, a historical office charged with preparation of Papal correspondence
- Apostolic Camera, or "Apostolic Chamber", former department of finance for Papal administration
Other churches and religious movements:
- 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 Church, a Pentecostal branch of Christianity
- Apostolic Christian Church, an anabaptist branch of Christianity
- Catholic Apostolic Church, a millenarian religious community
- New Apostolic Church, a chiliastic church
- Oneness Pentecostalism, a movement of the Pentecostal branch of Christianity
- Primitive Apostolic Christianity (Sabbatarian)
- Apostolic Johannite Church, a Gnostic church claiming apostolic succession
- Apostolic Catholic and Spiritual Church An Independent Old Catholic Church of the Utrecht Succession
Other uses:
- Apostolic poverty, a doctrine professed in the 13th century by certain religious orders
