apostolic
adjective
of or characteristic of an apostle.
apostolicity
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a word derived from
apostolic.
Example Sentences
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She has been distinguished in every age, for the unity of her faith, and the sanctity of her doctrine, for the universality of her extent, and the apostolicity of her origin.
From Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy by Nicholas Rigby
As he walked beside the others, his slender elegance, his handsome head, and fashionable clothes marked him out from the rugged force of Barton, the middle-class alertness of McEwart, the rubbed apostolicity of Lankester.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Here also the principle of apostolicity seems to have been of great importance for the collectors and editors, but it was otherwise applied than at Rome.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
The principle of apostolicity was more strictly conceived and more surely applied.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
And next, as to the issue, to which the controversy between them was to be brought, it was this:—the Anglican disputant took his stand upon Antiquity or apostolicity, the Roman upon Catholicity.
From Apologia pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman
