subapostolic

subapostolic
Pertaining the period after the apostolic age (the time of Christs apostles) and the early Catholic age (when the followers of the apostles were gone) in early Christian church history, at the tail end of the first century and into the early years of the second century AD.

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  • subapostolic — sub·apostolic …   English syllables

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  • celibacy — celibatic /sel euh bat ik/, adj. /sel euh beuh see/, n. 1. abstention from sexual relations. 2. abstention by vow from marriage: the celibacy of priests. 3. the state of being unmarried. [1655 65; < L caeliba(tus) celibacy (caelib , s. of caelebs …   Universalium

  • sub|ap|os|tol|ic — «SUHB ap uh STOL ihk», adjective. of, having to do with, or being the period succeeding that of the apostles: »subapostolic literature …   Useful english dictionary

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