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Definition: APOSTOLIC CHURCH |
APOSTOLIC CHURCH1. The Christian church; -- so called on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order. The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called apostolic churches. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Orthodoxy | The Church; Catholic Church, Universal Church, Apostolic Church, Established Church; temple of the Holy Ghost; Church of Christ, body of Christ, members of Christ, disciples of Christ, followers of Christ; Christian, Christian community; true believer; canonist; (theologian); Christendom, collective body of Christians. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: APOSTOLIC CHURCH |
| English words defined with "APOSTOLIC CHURCH": Irvingite. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "APOSTOLIC CHURCH": Nicanor. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Armenia | The law establishes the separation of church and state, but grants the Armenian Apostolic Church special status as the national church. (references) |
Azerbaijan | According to press reports the Armenian Apostolic Church enjoys special status and courses in religion are mandatory in Nagorno-Karabakh. (references) | |
Armenia | The Constitution provides for freedom of religion; however, the law specifies some restrictions on the religious freedom of adherents of faiths other than the Armenian Apostolic Church. (references) | |
Economic History | Armenia | Religion: Armenian Apostolic Church (more than 90% nominally affiliated). (references) |
Armenia | All churches apart from the Armenian Apostolic Church must register with the government, and proselytizing is forbidden by law. (references) | |
Minorities | Armenia | Jehovah's Witnesses were the targets of religious attacks and hostile sermons by some Armenian Apostolic Church clerics. (references) |
Political Economy | Armenia | The law places some restrictions on religious freedom, including a prohibition against proselytizing by religions other than the Armenian Apostolic Church. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Some reports indicated that the Armenian Apostolic Church enjoys at least quasi-official status in these territories and that the practice of some other religious faiths is discouraged. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "APOSTOLIC CHURCH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Katholiek Apostolische Gemeente (Catholic Apostolic Church), Hersteld-Apostolische Zendingskerk (Reformed Apostolic Church). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apostolicay urchchay igreja apostólica. (various references) iglesia apostólica. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-h-h-i-l-o-o-p-r-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: coauthorship, holophrastic. | |
-4 letters: ochlocratic. | |
-5 letters: authorship, catholicos, haircloths, ochlocrats, patchoulis. | |
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