-
Whoever
removes
the
Cross
and
its
interpretation
by
the
New
Testament
from
the
center,
in
order
to
replace
it,
for
example,
with
the
social
commitment
of
Jesus
to
the
oppressed
as
a
new
center,
no
longer
stands
in
continuity
with
the
apostolic
faith.
– Hans Urs von Balthasar
-
I
held
apostolic
succession
fully,
and
the
channels
of
grace
to
be
there
only.
– John Nelson Darby
-
A
policy
is
a
temporary
creed
liable
to
be
changed,
but
while
it
holds
good
it
has
got
to
be
pursued
with
apostolic
zeal.
– Mohandas Gandhi
-
That
the
apostolic
office
is
temporary,
is
a
plain
historical
fact.
– Charles Hodge
-
The
Church,
during
the
apostolic
age,
did
not
consist
of
isolated,
independent
congregations,
but
was
one
body,
of
which
the
separate
churches
were
constituent
members,
each
subject
to
all
the
rest,
or
to
an
authority
which
extended
over
all.
– Charles Hodge
-
The
apostolic
writings
are
of
three
kinds:
historical,
didactic,
and
prophetic.
– Philip Schaff
Usage examples for apostolic
-
“
The
Holy
Spirit
thought
so
in
apostolic
times.
”
– Thoughts on Missions by Sheldon Dibble
-
“
8.
Even
Gesenius
himself
acknowledges
elsewhere,
that
we
have
here
the
text
for
the
whole
Apostolic
preaching
on
the
atoning
death
of
Jesus.
”
– Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Hengstenberg
-
“
Oh
for
the
clear
accent,
the
ringing,
joyous
note
of
apostolic
assurance!
”
– The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
-
“
I
have
no
reason
to
think
that
he
had
yet
read
any
of
my
poor
verses,
or
had
me
otherwise
than
wholly
on
trust
from
Lowell;
but
he
leaned
over
towards
his
host,
and
said,
with
a
laughing
look
at
me, "
Well,
James,
this
is
something
like
the
apostolic
succession;
this
is
the
laying
on
of
hands."
”
– Entire PG Edition of The Works of William Dean Howells by William Dean Howells
-
“
How
eager
the
Russian
people
are
for
the
simple
Gospel,
and
with
what
amazing
joy
they
now
receive
it,
remind
one
of
the
Apostolic
age.
”
– Essays on Russian Novelists by William Lyon Phelps
-
“
We
gather
also
from
the
New
Testament,
not
to
speak
of
other
authorities,
that
in
the
apostolic
days
people
were
familiar
with
what
were
known
as "
hours
of
prayer."
”
– A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by William Reed Huntington
-
“
It
was
not
without
meaning
that,
as
early
as
in
the
apostolic
times,
the "
Saints"
was
a
kind
of
nomen
proprium
of
believers,
comp.
”
– Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Hengstenberg
-
“
Instead
of
saying
that
a
catholic
ideal
like
this
belongs
to
a
later
and
post-
apostolic
age,
we
maintain,
on
the
contrary,
that
a
catholic
mind
like
St
Paul's,
under
the
conditions
of
his
time,
could
not
fail
to
arrive
at
this
conception.
”
– The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
-
“
3.
The
sole
and
final
cause
why
the
Apostolic
See
granted
supreme
sovereignty
and
imperial
jurisdiction
over
the
Indies
to
the
Kings
of
Castile
and
Leon
was
the
preaching
of
the
Gospel,
the
spread
of
the
Christian
religion,
and
the
conversion
of
the
nations
of
those
regions,
and
not
to
increase
their
dignity
or
to
make
them
richer
princes
than
they
were.
”
– Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings by Francis Augustus MacNutt
-
“
The
first
witnesses
are
those
called
the
Apostolic
Fathers,
the
disciples
of
the
Apostles;
but
very
little
of
their
writings,
and
that
disputed,
remains.
”
– Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries by Annie Besant
-
“
Apostolic
authority
will
not
go
half
so
far
as
personal
influence
in
this
case.
”
– The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren
-
“
Some
mortals
at
times
can
prophesy;
for
both
in
ancient
prophetic
and
apostolic
times,
and
in
our
own
age,
many
people
have
been
and
are
known
to
do
it.
”
– Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam
-
“
Laval,
the
first
vicar-
apostolic
of
New
France,
arrived
in
Quebec
in
1659.
In
1674
Quebec
was
made
a
diocese,
and
Laval
became
the
first
bishop.
”
– The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
-
“
Three
of
the
four
bishops,
however,
when
duly
applied
to,
took
the
matter
of
raising
Dr.
Seabury
to
the
apostolic
office
into
immediate
and
solemn
consideration
and
consecrated
him
without
delay.
”
– Report Of Commemorative Services With The Sermons And Addresses At The Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. by Diocese Of Connecticut
-
“
There
was
something
about
all
this
that
was
apostolic
in
its
simplicity
and
Christ
imitation.
”
– In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon
-
“
To
furnish
that
was
the
well-
accomplished
task
of
rulers
and
priests
in
the
middle
ages,
alike "
in
the
realm
of
the
Islamic
king
of
kings
and
in
that
of
the
apostolic
servant
of
servants."
”
– Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Gustav Karpeles
-
“
But
out
of
the
immeasurable
wealth
of
His
teaching
apostolic
thinking
naturally
appropriated
and
made
most
of
what
was
nearest
in
line
with
the
prophets
and
the
lawgivers
of
their
race.
”
– Modern Religious Cults and Movements by Gaius Glenn Atkins
-
“
It
seemed,
as
we
read
about
it
in
the
Bible,
like
apostolic
times,
as
one
after
another
was
led
down
into
the
stream
of
water
near
the
bridge,
and
was
there
buried
in
baptism.
”
– Charlie Newcomer by Wilbur B. Stover
-
“
The
Archbishop
of
Seville,
followed
by
the
ministers
of
the
inquisition
and
by
the
victims,
had
arrived
in
solemn
procession
at
the "
cadahalso,"
where,
after
the
usual
sermon
in
praise
of
the
holy
office
and
in
denunciation
of
heresy,
he
had
administered
the
oath
to
the
Intante,
who
had
duly
sworn
upon
the
crucifix
to
maintain
forever
the
sacred
inquisition
and
the
apostolic
decrees.
”
– Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete by John Lothrop Motley
-
“
They
were
still
sitting
together
when
the
attendant
entered
and
presented
Giovanni
with
a
large
sealed
letter,
bearing
the
Apostolic
arms,
and
addressed
merely
to
the
number
of
Giovanni's
cell.
”
– Sant' Ilario by F. Marion Crawford
