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Apostolic may refer to:
The Apostles
An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission:
- The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles
 - Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Church to the original Twelve Apostles
 - The Apostolic Fathers, the earliest generation of post-Biblical Christian writers
 - The Apostolic Age, the period of Christian history when Jesus' apostles were living
 - The Apostolic Constitutions, part of the Ante-Nicene Fathers collection
 
Specific to the Roman Catholic Church
- Apostolic Administrator, appointed by the Pope to an apostolic administration or a diocese without a bishop
 - Apostolic Camera, or "Apostolic Chamber", former department of finance for Papal administration
 - 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
 - The Apostolic See, sometimes used to refer to the See of Rome; see Apostolic see ยง Specific reference to Rome
 - Apostolic vicariate, a territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church
 - Chancery of Apostolic Briefs, a historical office charged with preparation of Papal correspondence
 
National churches
- Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, an apostolic organization based in the United States
 - Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines), a church based in the Philippines
 - Armenian Apostolic Church, also known as the Armenian Orthodox Church, the national church of Armenia
 - Apostolic Brethren, a 13th-century sect in northern Italy
 - The Apostolic Church Nigeria, a Lagos-based Pentecostal Christian denomination in Nigeria, affiliated with the Apostolic Church
 - Assyrian Church of the East, ancient Christian religious body from Assyria
 
Christian denominations
- Apostolic Christian Church, an anabaptist branch of Christianity
 - Laestadianism, or Apostolic Lutheranism, a pietistic Lutheran movement
 - Apostolic Pastoral Congress, an organization consisting of Pentecostal bishops, pastors and other clergy, functioning as a collegiate collective, and founded during the first decade of the 21st century
 - Catholic Apostolic Church, a millenarian religious community, related to the Irvingism movement
 - Celtic Orthodox Church, also known as the Catholic Apostolic Church (Catholicate of the West), a name adopted in the 1940s by a movement to restore ancient Christianity in Britain and the West
 - Christ Apostolic Church, an indigenous African church
 - New Apostolic Church, a chiliastic (premillenarian) church
 - Oneness Pentecostalism, also known as Apostolic Pentecostalism, a form of Pentecostal Christianity that is non-trinitarian in theology
 
Concepts
- An apostolic see, any episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the Apostles
 - Apostolic poverty, a doctrine professed in the 13th century by certain religious orders
 - Apostolic King, hereditary title of the King of Hungary
 
See also
- Apostle (disambiguation)
 - Apostolic Church (disambiguation)
 - Catholic Apostolic Church (disambiguation)
 - Apostol (disambiguation)
 
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