单词 | sub-apostolic |
释义 | sub-apostolicadj. Church History. Designating or belonging to the period immediately following that of the Apostles. Cf. post-apostolic adj. at post- prefix 2a(b)(iv)(2). ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [adjective] > in earliest times primitive1664 sub-apostolic1823 1823 T. Pruen Analogical & Pop. View Church I. Contents p. xviii The sub-apostolic episcopacy. 1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. iv. 296 Stray relics surviving from the apostolic or subapostolic age. 1915 Irish Church Q. 8 78 He has quoted in English at some length the text of apposite passages from Sub-Apostolic writings. 1951 Church Hist. 20 11 In the Christian literature of the sub-apostolic age and in the Ante-Nicene Fathers..the angelic worship has its firmly established place. 2002 Church Times 12 July 17/2 The next stage would look at the role of women in the sub-apostolic and later Church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1823 |
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