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apostolical

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Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.

According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.

Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.

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papal dispensation Source: Internet

His exuberant and "too apostolical" language were criticised; his journals were no longer published after 1741. citation Whitefield prepared a new installment in 1744–45, but it was not published until 1938. Source: Internet

One early convert observed: “The wisdom of their instructions, the purity of their doctrine, their Christ-like deportment, and the simplicity of their manners, all appeared truly apostolical.” Source: Internet

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