Bible Dictionaries
Apostolate

Charles Buck Theological Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Apostles' Creed

Next Entry
Apostolic

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Apostolic Fathers
• Apostolate
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Apostolical Constitutions
• Apostolical
• Apostolic Fathers
•   (only first 3 shown)
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Apostolic Fathers
• Apostolic Council
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Apostolic Constitutions and Canons
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Apostolic Fathers
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Apostolic Fathers
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Western Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope
• Visitor, Apostolic
• Vicariate Apostolic of Fiji
•   (only first 3 shown)
Webster Dictionary
• Apostolicity
• Apostolically
• Apostolical
•   (only first 3 shown)
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Apostolic Canons
• Apostolic Fathers
• Apostolic Majesty
•   (only first 3 shown)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Apostolic Age
• Apostolic Fathers
• Apostolic Fathers, Epistles of
•   (only first 3 shown)
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Apostolic Age
• Apostolic, Apostolical
• Apostolical
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Apostolic Fathers
• Apostolic Succession
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Apostolic Blessing
• Apostolic Camera
• Apostolic Canons
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Apostol, Daniil Pavlovich
• Apostolic Constitutions

In a general sense, is used for mission; but it more properly denotes the dignity or office of an apostle of Christ. It is also used in ancient writers for the office of a bishop. But as the title apostolicus has been appropriated to the pope, so that of apostolate became at length restrained to the sole dignity of the popedom.