apostolic

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Indeed, this comes amid a noticeable rift in the movement, after 92 apostolic leaders issued a statement in April 2021 aimed at establishing “prophetic standards.”

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

A diocese statement said the case was put last week before an apostolic tribunal in Spain.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

It’s a movement that has, as its core idea, apostolic governance.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2024

Father Doug Owens, delegate to the apostolic administrator in the Diocese of Knoxville, shared news of the verdict in the criminal case “with great relief.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

The opposition to Paul's apostolic authority, treated almost contemptuously in ix. 1-14, grew to alarming proportions.

From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner