apostolic
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People in the apostolic movement live in what they consider to be a prophetic moment, when God will reveal what is to come.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
A diocese statement said the case was put last week before an apostolic tribunal in Spain.
From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025
It’s a movement that has, as its core idea, apostolic governance.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2024
Father Doug Owens, delegate to the apostolic administrator in the Diocese of Knoxville, shared news of the verdict in the criminal case “with great relief.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
He could not ignore the claims of apostolic authority to which this early and wide acceptance of Matthew were mainly due.
From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner
Vocabulary lists containing apostolic
"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)
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