Apostolicity vs Apostle - What's the difference?
apostolicity | apostle | Derived terms |
The quality of being apostolic, notably of preserving authenticity within the mission and tradition of the Christian church as founded by Jesus Christ and his twelve original Apostles, through their representatives and successors in the papacy and episcopate.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 427:
A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A person who is plucked, i.e. refused an academic degree.
(legal) A letter dismissory.
(legal) A note sent to an appeal court presenting the appeal in summary.
(legal) The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
Apostolicity is a derived term of apostle.
As nouns the difference between apostolicity and apostle
is that apostolicity is the quality of being apostolic, notably of preserving authenticity within the mission and tradition of the christian church as founded by jesus christ and his twelve original apostles, through their representatives and successors in the papacy and episcopate while apostle is a missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early christian church (but see apostle) or apostle can be (legal) a letter dismissory.apostolicity
English
Noun
(en-noun)- his Church did its best to trump Rome in apostolicity by declaring that it had been founded by the first-recruited among Christ's Apostles, Andrew.
References
*Catholic Encyclopaedia
