apostolical

Even slightly learned theologians know that the symbol, which we call apostolical, is not that of all the apostles.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

This law may well remind us of those remains of extinct classes of animals which the naturalist studies with so much interest, as it obviously belongs to an era even anterior to that of the so-called apostolical canons.

The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution 1854

They were called apostolical perhaps because concocted by some of the bishops of the so-called apostolic Churches.

The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution 1854

In one of the so-called apostolical canons, framed probably before the Council of Nice, this arrangement is embodied.

The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution 1854

In his Dictionary, Johnson defined 'Tory' as, "One who adheres to the antient constitution of the state, and the apostolical hierarchy of the church of England, opposed to a Whig".

The King across the Water Burke's Corner 2009

In his Dictionary, Johnson defined 'Tory' as, "One who adheres to the antient constitution of the state, and the apostolical hierarchy of the church of England, opposed to a Whig".

Archive 2009-06-01 Burke's Corner 2009

In sum, the histories and the prophecies of the Old Testament and the gospels and epistles of the New Testament have had one and the same scope, to convert men to the obedience of God: 1. in Moses and the priests; 2. in the man Christ; and 3. in the Apostles and the successors to apostolical power.

Leviathan 2007

Those prophetical, apostolical admonitions are well known to all; what Solomon,

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Those who, in any way whatsoever, prevent the execution of the apostolical letters, whether they grant pardons or inflict penalties.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

I may even boast right reverend authority on the same score; for more than one nonjuring bishop, whose authority and income were upon as apostolical a scale as the greatest abominator of Episcopacy could well desire, have deigned, while partaking of the humble cheer of the

Old Mortality 2004