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& s. [In Fr. apostolique; Sp., Port., & Ital. apostolico; Lat. apostolic us; Gr. ἀποστολικός ( apostolikos ).] A. As adjective : 1. Pertaining or relating to the apostles; derived directly from the apostles; agreeable to the doctrine or practice of the apostles. "He follow'd Paul: his zeal a kindred flame, His apostolic charity the same."- Cowper : Hope. 2. Pertaining or relating to the Papасу. [See APOSTOLICAL.] Catholic Apostolic Church: The Irvingite church. [CATHOLIC.] His Apostolic Majesty: A title first conferred by Pope Sylvester II. on Duke Stephen of Hungary. It was acquired by the ruling sovereign of Austria when Hungary became subject to him, and is still used by the Austrian emperor. B. As substantive: Plural. Church Hist . [APOSTOLIC I.] Apostolic Canons. Eighty-five ecclesiastical laws, the compilation of which was fraudulently attributed to Clement of Rome. They were brought together subsequently to his time, but give valuable information regarding the discipline of the Greek and other Oriental churches in the second and third centuries. (Mosheim: Ch. Hist ., Cent. i., pt. ii., ch. ii., § 19.) Apostolic Churches. Churches first established by the apostles, specially those of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. Afterwards the term obtained a le precise meaning. Apostolic Clerks. A religious a ociation founded by John Colombinus, a nobleman of Siena, and abolished by Clement IX. in 1668. (Mosheim: Ch. Hist., Cent. xiv., pt. ii., ch. ii., § 35.) Apostolic Constitutions. Certain voluminous directions regarding ecclesiastical discipline and worship; also fraudulently attributed to Clement, but which did not obtain their final form till about the fourth century. (Mosheim: Ch. Hist., Cent. i., pt. ii., ch. ii., § 19.) Apostolic Fathers. Those Christian fathers or writers who lived so early that they had opportunities of holding intercourse either with the apostles or their immediate disciples. They were Clement of Rome (Clemens Ro manus), Ignatius, Polycarp, Barnabas, and Hermas. (Mosheim: Ch. Hist., Cent. i., pt. ii., ch. ii., §§ 20, 21.) Apostolic party. A fanatical Roman Catholic party which figured in the history of Spain from 1819 till 1830, when it became merged in the Car lists. apostolic sees. Sees said to have been founded by the Apostles; specially Antioch, Ephesus, and Rome. (Lee: Glo .) apostolic succe ion. The claim made by most episcopally-ordained clergymen and bishops that they constitute links in an unbroken chain of similarly ordained persons, the first of whom were set apart to their sacred functions by the Apostles themselves. Those who hold that view most tenaciously generally combine with it the opinion that only clergymen who are in the line of this spiritual succe ion are entitled to the pastoral office in the Christian Church, all others simply usurping the functions of the ministry. ăp-os-tol-ic-al, a. [Eng. apostolic; -al.] The same as APOSTOLIC, adj . (q.v.). "They acknowledge not that the Church keeps any thing as apostolical tolical which is not found in the apostles' writings, in what other records soever it be found." Hooker . "The Pope had been requested to give his apostolical sanction to an arrangement so important to the peace of Europe."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xxiii. ap-os-tol-ic-al-lý, adv. [Eng. apostolical; -ly.] After the manner of the apostles. (Johnson.) † ăp-os-tol-ic-al-ne , s . [Eng. apostoli cal; -ne .] Apostolicity (q.v.). (Johnson.) Ap-os-tol-i-çi, Ap-os-tol-ics, s. pl. [Lat. Apostolic i (pl.); Eng. Apostolics (pl.).] Church Hist. More than one ascetic sect which arose in France in the twelfth century. Their tenets were almost the same as those afterwards held by Sigarelli. [APOSTOLI.] St. Bernard contended against them strenuously. (Mosheim: Ch. Hist ., Cent. xii., pt. ii., ch. v., § 15.)