Apostolic

Apostolic may refer to:

The Apostles
An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission:
 * The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles
 * Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Church to the original Twelve Apostles
 * The Apostolic Fathers, the earliest generation of post-Biblical Christian writers
 * The Apostolic Age, the period of Christian history when Jesus' apostles were living
 * The Apostolic Constitutions, part of the Ante-Nicene Fathers collection

Specific to the Roman Catholic Church

 * Apostolic Administrator, appointed by the Pope to an apostolic administration or a diocese without a bishop
 * Apostolic Camera, or "Apostolic Chamber", former department of finance for Papal administration
 * Apostolic constitution, a public decree issued by the Pope
 * Apostolic Palace, the residence of the Pope in Vatican City
 * Apostolic prefect, the head of a mission of the Roman Catholic Church
 * The Apostolic See, sometimes used to refer to the See of Rome; see
 * Apostolic vicariate, a territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church
 * Chancery of Apostolic Briefs, a historical office charged with preparation of Papal correspondence

National churches

 * Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, an apostolic organization based in the United States
 * Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines), a church based in the Philippines
 * Armenian Apostolic Church, also known as the Armenian Orthodox Church, the national church of Armenia
 * Apostolic Brethren, a 13th-century sect in northern Italy
 * The Apostolic Church Nigeria, a Lagos-based Pentecostal Christian denomination in Nigeria, affiliated with the Apostolic Church
 * Assyrian Church of the East, ancient Christian religious body from Assyria

Christian denominations

 * Apostolic Christian Church, an anabaptist branch of Christianity
 * Laestadianism, or Apostolic Lutheranism, a pietistic Lutheran movement
 * Apostolic Pastoral Congress, an organization consisting of Pentecostal bishops, pastors and other clergy, functioning as a collegiate collective, and founded during the first decade of the 21st century
 * Catholic Apostolic Church, a millenarian religious community, related to the Irvingism movement
 * Celtic Orthodox Church, also known as the Catholic Apostolic Church (Catholicate of the West), a name adopted in the 1940s by a movement to restore ancient Christianity in Britain and the West
 * Christ Apostolic Church, an indigenous African church
 * New Apostolic Church, a chiliastic (premillenarian) church
 * Oneness Pentecostalism, also known as Apostolic Pentecostalism, a form of Pentecostal Christianity that is non-trinitarian in theology

Concepts

 * An apostolic see, any episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the Apostles
 * Apostolic poverty, a doctrine professed in the 13th century by certain religious orders
 * Apostolic King, hereditary title of the King of Hungary