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apoˈstolical, a. and n.
[a. OFr. apostolical (13th c.), f. as prec. + -al1.]
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 (Eccl.), an uninterrupted transmission of spiritual authority through a succession of bishops from the apostles downward.
1577tr. Bullinger's Decades Introd., A..preaching of the Euangelical and Apostolicall truth. 1616R. C. Times' Whistle iv. 1595 Some think he was not Apostolicall, But alwaies in his heart papisticall. 1836Edin. Rev. LXIII. 44 Their watch⁓word, Apostolical Succession. 1840Macaulay Ranke's Hist., Ess. II. 142 Hearers who sleep very composedly while the rector preaches on the apostolical succession.
2. Of the Apostolic See.
1546Langley Pol. Verg. De Invent. viii. ii. 145/1 Suche thynges as belong to the Apostolicall penitencers Benet the XII. deuised first. 1864Burton Scot Abr. II. i. 101 The office of Apostolical Secretary under two successive pontiffs.
3. Formerly (and still sometimes) = apostolic.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. xiv. (R.) The Apostolycall men..shuld purpose nothyng vnto them whiche they had not receiued of Christ. a1568Coverdale Hope of Faithf. xiv. Wks. II. 168 The article in the holy apostolical creed. 1704Nelson Fest. & Fasts i. (1739) 19 The Apostolical Institution of the Lord's Day. 1751Jortin Eccl. Hist. I. 35 The authors called Apostolical, as Clemens, Hermas, Barnabas, Ignatius.
B. n. One who maintains the doctrine of ‘apostolical succession.’
1839Sara Coleridge Mem. I. 223 On some points I think the apostolicals quite right, on others clearly unscriptural. |