How to Use apostolic in a Sentence

apostolic

adjective
  • To say that would be to contradict the apostolic faith of the church.
    — WSJ, 26 July 2022
  • Look, Rick Perry is a member of the new apostolic reformation.
    — Virginia Heffernan, Slate Magazine, 4 May 2017
  • Kast and his wife are part of Schoenstatt, a Catholic apostolic movement devoted to the Virgin Mary.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Like his apostolic namesake, Thomas believes unquestioningly in the evidence of his senses.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Reached by phone, Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio, or Vatican ambassador, deferred to the statement.
    — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Marino has been serving as apostolic nuncio to Malaysia and East Timor, and apostolic delegate to Brunei.
    — Greg Garrison | [email protected], al, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Papal encyclicals and apostolic letters have addressed related subjects.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Others, like Paula White, say, are associated with new apostolic reform movements or other fringe theologies.
    — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 5 Nov. 2018
  • The Holy See insisted on the pope's right to name bishops to preserve the apostolic succession that dates to Jesus' original apostles.
    — Nicole Winfield, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2018
  • The Holy See insisted on the pope’s right to name bishops to preserve the apostolic succession that dates to Jesus’ original apostles.
    — Nicole Winfield, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2018
  • The ceremony will be presided over by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States.
    — Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Pope Leo at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa on Monday, the second day of his apostolic visit to Lebanon.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 3 Dec. 2025
  • This article originally stated that Amoris laetitia is a papal encyclical, rather than an apostolic exhortation.
    — Emma Green, The Atlantic, 24 May 2017
  • During the delivery of his Urbi et Orbi message, the traditional apostolic blessing and message to the world, the pope’s voice sounded hoarse at times, but improved from previous weeks.
    — Claudio Lavanga, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The first-ever apostolic journey to Moscow is also currently being discussed, should Russian authorities allow the visit.
    — Fox News, 13 July 2022
  • The Sethian Christians hated the apostolic authority model that other Christians followed.
    — National Geographic, 6 Mar. 2016
  • Lennon become the archdiocese’s apostolic administrator and temporary leader.
    — Grant Segall, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2019
  • But after the Mass ended, Francis appeared on the loggia balcony over the basilica entrance for more than 20 minutes and imparted the apostolic blessing in Latin.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Andrew Bellisario has served as Juneau bishop since 2017 and as the apostolic administrator in Anchorage since last summer.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2020
  • The contrast of styles — of music (apostolic gospel versus hip-hop) and of clothes (opulent dresses and hats and high heels versus Yolanda’s baseball cap, camouflage pants, and high-top sneakers), is ultimately a contrast of values.
    — Toby Zinman, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • In the apostolic age, the first millennium of Christianity, when the Church did not yet have the backing of law and culture and strong institutionsChristianity spread rapidly across the ancient world.
    — Austen Ivereigh, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
  • In April 2020, Francis appointed him to be the apostolic administrator of the diocese of Callao, also in Peru, his profile said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 May 2025
  • Between Perez and predecessor, Bishop Richard Lennon, the pope appointed an apostolic administrator.
    — Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2020
  • There’s no dispute between the two churches regarding apostolic lineage or the validity of their respective sacraments; the two differ mainly in form, not doctrine—except for the main stumbling block, Catholic doctrine on papal primacy.
    — Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2014
  • Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon Synod, released Wednesday, is no truth-and-tradition-shredding document.
    — Tim Busch and Mary Rice Hasson, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2020
  • On June 2, 1979, Pope John Paul II set out from Rome on an apostolic journey, as papal trips away from the Vatican are called.
    — Paul Elie, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • His decision to appeal prompted Bruckner, who works as a ministry assistant at a Colorado nondenominational church, to ask Pierre, the apostolic nuncio, to review the court record.
    — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • In August 2015, Denton reported his rape to Apuron’s superior, the apostolic nuncio for the Pacific.
    — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
  • If that’s the case, then the plausibility of traditional Christianity collapses, for its authority is based on the claim to have preserved intact the apostolic witness, the most reliable source of revelation.
    — R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
  • All those present in the audience in the Vatican’s apostolic palace met Leo personally at the end, with Lee presenting the first American pope with a New York Knicks jersey.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025

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