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In the News (Sun 12 Oct 08)

  
  Is apostolic succession Biblical?
The doctrine of apostolic succession is the belief that the 12 apostles passed on their authority to successors, who then passed the apostolic authority on to their successors, continuing throughout the centuries, even unto today.
Apostolic succession, combined with Peter’s supremacy among the apostles, results in the Roman bishop being the supreme authority of the Catholic Church – the Pope.
Apostolic authority was passed on through the writings of the apostles, not through apostolic succession.
www.gotquestions.org /apostolic-succession.html   (725 words)

  
 John Paul II: Apostolic Letters
Apostolic Letter to the Bishops of the World commemorating the 1600th anniversary of the First Council of Constantinople and the 1550th anniversary of the Council of Ephesus.
Apostolic Letter Duodecimum Saeculum to the Episcopate of the Catholic Church on the occasion of the 1200th Anniversary of the Second Council of Nicaea, December 4, 1987.
Apostolic letter, issued 1 August 1987, for the bicentenary of the death of St Alphonsus de' Liguori, addressed to the Superior General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, of which St Alphonsus was the founder.
www.ewtn.com /johnpaul2/writings/apletters.htm   (1552 words)

  
 New Apostolic Church - Apostolic Dynamics - Apostolic Benefits - Apostolic Alignment
The apostolic grace is not preparing a people to leave the earth but to invade, occupy and influence it for Christ.
The apostolic grace is spotlighting that weakness, and since the apostolic is relationship-based it is requiring us to spend more time on leadership development.
The apostolic grace, working in humble unity with the other five-fold ascension gifts, is preparing Christians to invade the world with salt and light rather than escape the world.
www.thevoicemagazine.com /ApostolicDynamicsBenefits_Alignment.htm   (1124 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Apostolic Churches
Apostolic Churches corrupted the preaching of the Apostles.
Apostolic Churches, because we have the same doctrine; that is the testimony of the truth (Communicamus cum Ecclesiis apostolicis, quod nulla doctrina diversa; hoc est testimonium veritatis).
Apostolic Churches, as, e.g., the tombs of Sts.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01634a.htm   (1177 words)

  
 Entering the Apostolic - Spiritual Influence - Apostolic Reformation
Apostolic believers understand the responsibility to reach that territory and possess a different orientation of ministry because they fully discern the overall scope of the local church.
So a metron is a target area, a place where one has an assigned scope of ministry and spiritual influence, a marked-off territory, a place of focused spiritual and natural activity, a place with marked-off boundaries, a territory with specific limits of assignment and responsibilities known as kanon, or place of spiritual jurisdiction.
Finally, various apostolic teams will be built, activated and sent out into the surrounding city and into the nations of the world.
www.jonasclark.com /apostles.htm   (1017 words)

  
 Apostolic Christian Church
The Apostolic Christian Church found a presence in America in 1847, when a church was organized in Lewis County, New York.
A bond of love and closeness exists among Apostolic Christians-perhaps as deep a sense of kindred affection as exists among any American church denomination; and this esteem for the brethren extends from congregation to congregation within the denomination.
Apostolic Christians believe that the church is Christ's body, and that Christ is the head (Eph.
www.bibleviews.com /AC.html   (4959 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Apostolicity
Apostolicity is the mark by which the Church of today is recognized as identical with the Church founded by Jesus Christ upon the Apostles.
This Apostolic succession must be both material and formal; the material consisting in the actual succession in the Church, through a series of persons from the Apostolic age to the present; the formal adding the element of authority in the transmission of power.
Apostolic, must be presided over by bishops, who derive their ministry and their governing power from the Apostles.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01648b.htm   (1458 words)

  
 Apostolic Ministry - Apostolic Articles - Apostolic Training - Apostolic Magazine
The apostolic is turning the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers.
The apostolic reformation reveals the new pattern for the New Testament Church.
Paul was an apostolic revolutionary and the apostolic grace on his life opened the Gospel to the gentile world.
thevoicemagazine.com /Apostolic_Feature_Articles/index.html   (258 words)

  
 Apostolic Churches - FlockFinder.com
But for Apostolic churches that have a large number of college students, a ministry that is centered on Singles' can be a welcomed idea.
Normally, it is the larger Apostolic churches that have the staff required to create such a specialized ministry.
Another factor that some Apostolic churches are aware of is that many singles have children, so they provide a nursery during the service.
www.flockfinder.com /apostolic_churches_2_dd.htm   (632 words)

  
 Apostolic Lighthouse - A Pentecostal Oneness Church - Worship in Glen Burnie, Baltimore, Maryland
Apostolic Lighthouse - A Pentecostal Oneness Church - Worship in Glen Burnie, Baltimore, Maryland
We are a Bible-based, Apostolic church that exists to introduce people to God and help them grow in their faith.
For those investigating the claims of Christianity, we hope that you find Apostolic Lighthouse to be a place in which God’s Word is explained in a practical and challenging manner.
www.apostolic-lighthouse.com /index.htm   (161 words)

  
 Apostolic Administrations
In 1983 the Latin Church developed the idea of an 'apostolic administrator' a step further, by allowing for the creation of, what were to be called 'apostolic administrations', by the Pope as Patriarch of the West, that is of the Latin Church.
Thus, the apostolic administrations ought not to be promoted as a competitor with the Orthodox Church but rather as a co-operation with the Moscow Patriarchate, in the pastoral and sacramental care of Latin rite Christians in Russia.
The apostolic administrator in such a situation could be a titular bishop who himself would administer the sacraments of confirmation and ordination, as well as the consecrating of churches and so forth.
www.catholic-church.org /church-unity/apos_a_e.htm   (1034 words)

  
 Apostolic Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rev DP Williams the founder of the ‘Apostolic Church’ became an Apostle in the new church.
H.V.Chanter had become the leader of the Apostolic Church of God (ACG); a large group of Pentecostal congregations with HQ in Bradford.
The theological beliefs of the Apostolic Church are summarised in its statement of faith, known as the Tenets.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apostolic_Church   (977 words)

  
 Scripture Catholic - APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND SUCCESSION
The necessity to have apostolic succession in order for the Church to survive was understood by all.
Apostolic ordination is required in order to teach with Christ's authority.
He is referring to the apostolic authority granted to them by Christ.
www.scripturecatholic.com /apostolic_succession.html   (3593 words)

  
 Apostolic Succession
And it is in her that the faithful everywhere have maintained the apostolic tradition" (ibid., 3:3:2).
If then these things are so, it is in the same degree manifest that all doctrine which agrees with the apostolic churches—those molds and original sources of the faith must be reckoned for truth, as undoubtedly containing that which the churches received from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, [and] Christ from God.
For this is the manner in which the apostolic churches transmit their registers: as the church of Smyrna, which records that Polycarp was placed therein by John; as also the church of Rome, which makes Clement to have been ordained in like manner by Peter" (ibid., 32).
www.catholic.com /library/Apostolic_Succession.asp   (1568 words)

  
 New Apostolic Church - Apostolic Prophetic - Apostolic Ministries
As we study the apostolic design of the church we will discover the use of certain reoccurring words that offer definition and meaning such as, foundation, structure, edify, strength and build.
The pattern of the apostolic is no different, when all the essential parts are in the right place there is strength.
Religion: Religion is an enemy of the apostolic because it is legalistic, self-righteous and hypocritical.
www.jonasclark.com /apostolic_structure.htm   (1660 words)

  
 Apostolic Succession   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The validity of apostolic succession is a key factor in determining the sacerdotal powers of the Church.
The principal line of apostolic succession of the Church of Antioch comes from the Roman Catholic Church, through the Dutch Old Catholic Church and the Liberal Catholic Church in England.
The Church of Antioch lays claim to apostolic primacy in many of the most signficant of the independent Catholic and Orthodox lines of succession in North America.
www.concentric.net /~Cosmas/apostolicsuccession.htm   (280 words)

  
 Apostolic Church > Home
First formed in 1916 as a result of the 1904 Welsh revival, the Apostolic Church is a Trinitarian, Pentecostal denomination with a strong commitment to mission.
Actionoverseas is the missionary arm of the Apostolic Church and we have been sending missionaries throughout the world since 1922.
The Apostolic Church School of Ministryis based in Penygroes near Ammanford, S Wales. The School of Ministry offers a number of short courses throughout the year and also a residential full time course.
www.apostolic-church.org   (264 words)

  
 News: New Apostolic Church International
District Apostle Andrew Andersen from Australia, who is responsible for the Solomon Islands, informs us that as many as three New Apostolic brethren from the local congregations lost their lives during the devastating tsunami that struck the islands.
The new expansion of the New Apostolic school in Kherwara, India, was officially opened during a festive ceremony at the beginning of March and is now in operation.
The New Apostolic Church of North Rhine-Westphalia coordinates the pastoral care and administrative activities of the Church in this northern region of India.
www.nak.org   (695 words)

  
 Apostolic Gospel Church Mount Sterling, Ohio. The Church that Cares
The Apostolic Gospel Church of Mount Sterling, Ohio.
The Apostolic Gospel Church is located at 15770 U S Route 62 SE, Mount Sterling, Ohio, at the intersections of U S Rt.
The church is located near the bottom of the map, in the subdivision of Burr Oaks at the intersections of W. Main St., W. Columbus St. and Schadel Lane.
www.msapostolic.com   (882 words)

  
 Apostolic Letter Mane nobiscum Domine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
A Eucharistic initiative of this kind had been on my mind for some time: it is a natural development of the pastoral impulse which I wanted to give to the Church, particularly during the years of preparation for the Jubilee and in the years that followed it.
It is also worth recalling that my Apostolic Letter Dies Domini, written in preparation for the Jubilee, invited believers to meditate on Sunday as the day of the Risen Lord and the special day of the Church.
Subsequently, with the proclamation of the Year of the Rosary and the publication of the Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, I returned to the theme of contemplating the face of Christ, now from a Marian perspective, by encouraging once more the recitation of the Rosary.
www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20041008_mane-nobiscum-domine_en.html   (5270 words)

  
 Apostolic Tradition
To make sure that the apostolic tradition would be passed down after the deaths of the apostles, Paul told Timothy, "[W]hat you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also" (2 Tim.
And we are in a position to enumerate those who were instituted bishops by the apostles and their successors to our own times—men who neither knew nor taught anything like these heretics rave about.
"With this church, because of its superior origin, all churches must agree—that is, all the faithful in the whole world—and it is in her that the faithful everywhere have maintained the apostolic tradition" (ibid., 3:3:1—2).
www.catholic.com /library/Apostolic_Tradition.asp   (1371 words)

  
 Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
I mentioned in my Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte that the West is now experiencing a renewed demand for meditation, which at times leads to a keen interest in aspects of other religions.
Yet it is precisely the emphasis given to the name of Jesus and to his mystery that is the sign of a meaningful and fruitful recitation of the Rosary.
Pope Paul VI drew attention, in his Apostolic Exhortation Marialis Cultus, to the custom in certain regions of highlighting the name of Christ by the addition of a clause referring to the mystery being contemplated.
www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20021016_rosarium-virginis-mariae_en.html   (11678 words)

  
 The Apostolic Nunciature (Holy See) - KUWAIT
However, it was only in the year 2000 that the Apostolic Nunciature was established in Kuwait.
On 13th December 1999, Reverend Monsignor Giuseppe De Andrea was appointed "Chargé d'Affaires with Letters" of the Apostolic Nunciatures in Kuwait, Yemen and Bahrain, and of the Apostolic Delegation of the Arabian Peninsula, by His Holiness Pope John Paul II.
On 28th June 2001, His Holiness Pope John Paul II appointed Rev. Monsignor Giuseppe De Andrea as Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Yemen and Bahrain, and Apostolic Delegate for the Arabian Peninsula, raising him at the same time to the episcopacy.
www.catholic-church.org /kuwait/apostolic_nunciature.htm   (329 words)

  
 Apostolic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, a phrase in the Nicene Creed
Armenian Apostolic Church, a national church of Armenia
Primitive Apostolic Christianity, which may refer to either Early Christianity or to Primitive Apostolic Christianity (Sabbatarian)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apostolic   (139 words)

  
 Apostolic Woman of Destiny
I am sure us Apostolics have heard this preached time after time; and this Apostolic Sister is going to stand on what it means.
You Apostolics out their we have been "blood bought and spirit filled" and belong to the most High God, by which I will say to those trinitarians out their that there is only ONE.
And when you learn who the Father is, and who the Son is, and who the Holy Ghost is, you will know His Name is JEHOVAH in the Old Testament, and JESUS in the New Testament.
www.apostolicwomanofdestiny.com   (3556 words)

  
 Faith Apostolic Church - Welcome to Faith Apostolic Church in Carmel , Indiana ...
Faith Apostolic Church is not just a worship center, we are a community of believers that are focused on spreading the Apostolic message of Jesus Christ and focused on helping people connect to one another and the church body.
No matter what the need is, we ask that you allow Jesus Christ and Faith Apostolic Church to serve you and meet you at your level of need.
If you have any questions, needs, or comments please Contact Us and someone from the Faith Apostolic Church ministry team will contact you as soon as possible.
faithapostolicofcarmel.org   (213 words)

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