Part 546

<hw><hw>A*pos"til</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*pos"tille</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>apostille</ets>. See <er>Postil</er>.]</ety> <def>A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation.</def>

<i>Motley.</i>

<h1>Apostle</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pos"tle</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>apostle</ets>, <ets>apostel</ets>, <ets>postle</ets>, AS. <ets>apostol</ets>, L. <ets>apostolus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ messenger, one sent forth or away, fr. <?/ to send off or away; <?/ from + <?/ to send; akin to G. <ets>stellen</ets> to set, E. <ets>stall</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ap\'93tre</ets>, Of. <ets>apostre</ets>, <ets>apostle</ets>, <ets>apostele</ets>, <ets>apostole</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.</def>

<blockquote>He called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named <b>apostles</b>. <i>Luke vi. 13.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The title of <i>apostle</i> is also applied to others, who, though not of the number of the Twelve, yet were equal with them in office and dignity; as, "Paul, called to be an <i>apostle</i> of Jesus Christ." <i>1 Cor. i. 1</i>. In <i>Heb. iii. 1</i>, the name is given to Christ himself, as having been sent from heaven to publish the gospel. In the primitive church, other ministers were called <i>apostles</i> <i>(Rom. xvi. 7)</i>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; <as>as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the <ex>apostle</ex> of France, John Eliot the <ex>apostle</ex> to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the <ex>apostle</ex> of temperance</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Civ. & Admiralty Law)</fld> <def>A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts.</def>

<i>Wharton. Burrill.</i>

<cs><col>Apostles' creed</col>, <cd>a creed of unknown origin, which was formerly ascribed to the apostles. It certainly dates back to the beginning of the sixth century, and some assert that it can be found in the writings of Ambrose in the fourth century.</cd> -- <col>Apostle spoon</col> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld>, <cd>a spoon of silver, with the handle terminating in the figure of an apostle. One or more were offered by sponsors at baptism as a present to the godchild.</cd></cs>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Apostleship</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pos"tle*ship</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office or dignity of an apostle.</def>

<h1>Apostolate</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pos"to*late</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>apostolatus</ets>, fr. <ets>apostolus</ets>. See <er>Apostle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.</def>

<blockquote>Judas had miscarried and lost his <b>apostolate</b>. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.</def>

<h1>Apostolic, Apostolical</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw><hw>Ap`os*tol"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ap`os*tol"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>apostolicus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>apostolique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; <as>as, an <ex>apostolical</ex> mission; the <ex>apostolic</ex> age.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; <as>as, <ex>apostolic</ex> faith or practice</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.</def>

<cs><col>Apostolical brief</col>. <cd>See under <er>Brief</er>.</cd> -- <col>Apostolic canons</col>, <cd>a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries.</cd> -- <col>Apostolic church</col>, <cd>the Christian church; -- so called on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order. The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called <i>apostolic churches<i>.</cd> -- <col>Apostolic constitutions</col>, <cd>directions of a nature similar to the <i>apostolic canons<i>, and perhaps compiled by the same authors or author.</cd> -- <col>Apostolic fathers</col>, <cd>early Christian writers, who were born in the first century, and thus touched on the age of the apostles. They were Polycarp, Clement, Ignatius, and Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been added.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Apostolic king</col> (or <col>majesty</col>)</mcol>, <cd>a title granted by the pope to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of Austria in right of the throne of Hungary.</cd> -- <col>Apostolic see</col>, <cd>a see founded and governed by an apostle; specifically, the Church of Rome; -- so called because, in the Roman Catholic belief, the pope is the successor of St. Peter, the prince of the apostles, and the only apostle who has successors in the apostolic office.</cd> -- <col>Apostolical succession</col>, <cd>the regular and uninterrupted transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period.</cd> <i>Hook.</i></cs>

<h1>Apostolic</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`os*tol"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>apostolicus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.</def>

<h1>Apostolically</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`os*tol"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an apostolic manner.</def>

<h1>Apostolicalness</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`os*tol"ic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Apostolicity.</def>