单词 | apostolical |
释义 | apostolicaladj.n. A. adj. 1. Connected with or relating to the apostles, or to what is apostolic; conformable to, or derived from, apostolic manner, usage, or institution. apostolical succession (Ecclesiastical), an uninterrupted transmission of spiritual authority through a succession of bishops from the apostles downward. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > apostle > [noun] > succession apostolical succession1577 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. sig. ¶.viii (heading) A..preaching of the Euangelicall and apostolicall trueth. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iv. 1595 Some think he was not Apostolicall, But alwaies in his heart papisticall. 1836 Edinb. Rev. 63 44 Their watch~word, Apostolical Succession. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. II. 142 Hearers who sleep very composedly while the rector preaches on the apostolical succession. 2. Of the Apostolic See. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [adjective] > office apostolical1546 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke viii. ii. 145/1 Suche thynges as belong to the Apostolicall penitencers Benet the XII. deuised first. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 101 The office of Apostolical Secretary under two successive pontiffs. 3. Formerly (and still sometimes) = apostolic adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > apostle > [adjective] apostly1530 apostolical1548 apostolic1549 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xiv. (R.) The Apostolycall men..shuld purpose nothyng vnto them whiche they had not receiued of Christ. ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. Hope of Faythful xiv. 84 The article in the holy Apostolicall crede. 1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts (ed. 2) i. i. 19 The Apostolical Institution of the Lord's Day. 1751 J. Jortin Remarks Eccl. Hist. I. 51 The authors called Apostolical, as Clemens, Hermas, Barnabas, Ignatius. B. n. One who maintains the doctrine of ‘apostolical succession’. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > apostle > [noun] > succession > person maintaining apostolical1839 successionist1846 1839 S. Coleridge Mem. I. 223 On some points I think the apostolicals quite right, on others clearly unscriptural. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.n.1546 |
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