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| | Apostolic Succession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In Christianity, the doctrine of apostolic succession (or the belief that the Church is 'apostolic') maintains that the Christian Church today is the spiritual successor of the Church of the Apostles. | | | In Roman Catholic and Orthodox theology, the unbrokenness of apostolic succession is significant because of Jesus Christ's promise that the "gates of hell" (Matthew 16:18) would not prevail against the Church, and his promise that he himself would be with the apostles to "the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20). | | | The LDS claims that apostolic succession was broken during the Great Apostasy, or falling away from the teachings of Jesus Christ, and later restored in America. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_Succession
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Apostolicity |
| | Apostolicity of mission means that the Church is one moral body, possessing the mission entrusted by Jesus Christ to the Apostles, and transmitted through them and their lawful successors in an unbroken chain to the present representatives of Christ upon earth. | | | Apostolicity is the mark by which the Church of today is recognized as identical with the Church founded by Jesus Christ upon the Apostles. | | | This notion of Apostolicity is evolved from the words of Christ Himself, the practice of the Apostles, and the teaching of the Fathers and theologians of the Church. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01648b.htm
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| | Encyclopedia: Armenian Apostolic Church |
| | The Armenian Apostolic Church, sometimes incorrectly called the Armenian Orthodox Church is the world's oldest national church and one of the original churches, having been founded in 301. | | | (The Armenian Apostolic Church should not be confused, however, with the Armenian Catholic Church, which is an Eastern Rite church under the authority of the Pope in Rome.) At present, the Catholicos of All Armenians is his Holiness Karekin II (sometimes spelled as Garegin), who resides in the city of Echmiadzin, west of Yerevan. | | | The Apostolic Church separated from the then-still-united Roman Catholic/Byzantine Orthodox church in 451, after the Council of Chalcedon (see Oriental Orthodoxy). |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Armenian-Apostolic-Church
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| | Apostolic Tradition: Obsolete? |
| | Apostolic teaching is faithfully reflected in the essential doctrines of the historic orthodox faith as upheld by the general consensus of the Christian Church for the last two millennia. | | | Apostolic tradition (as found in the Bible) is equal in authority to apostolic teaching. | | | Apostolic tradition, however, is consistent with the commands of Jesus. |
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http://www.ntrf.org/apostolic.html
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| | John Paul II: Apostolic Letters |
| | Apostolic letter, issued 1 August 1987, for the bicentenary of the death of St Alphonsus de' Liguori, addressed to the Superior General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, of which St Alphonsus was the founder. | | | Apostolic Letter Duodecimum Saeculum to the Episcopate of the Catholic Church on the occasion of the 1200th Anniversary of the Second Council of Nicaea, December 4, 1987. | | | Apostolic letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente on the Jubilee of the year 2000, the two thousandth anniversary of the Incarnation and Nativity of Oue Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. |
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http://www.ewtn.com/johnpaul2/writings/apletters.htm
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| | CCLEC Publications -- Apostolic Succession |
| | Thus, apart from wishes that the Church's apostolic ministry had been given in some other way or form, we are on safe ground in asserting that the three-fold ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons is the authoritative pastoral and teaching ministry of the Apostolic Church. | | | By comparison, a faithful pastor outside of the apostolic order of the Church may hold, with the exception of the matter of order, the complete apostolic faith and be a blessing to his people. | | | But nothing else is the Apostolic pastoral and teaching ministry of the Christian Church, entrusted by Christ himself to the Apostles, except the Apostles' own continuation of their ministry through bishops, priests, and deacons. |
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http://www.episcopalian.org/CCLEC/column7.htm
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| | Society Religion and Spirituality Christianity Denominations Catholic Apostolic Movement |
| | Doctrine of the New Apostolic Church - Overview of the beliefs of this church from an outside source. | | | New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Catholic Apostolic Church - Three-page article on the history and doctrine of this church. | | | New Apostolic Church International - Window to the Apostolic faith in Europe and beyond. |
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http://www.dmoz.org.pl/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Denominations/Catholic_Apostolic_Movement
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| | Apostolic Church > Home |
| | Within the UK the Apostolic Church is represented by approximately 110 churches. | | | First formed in 1916 as a result of the 1904 Welsh revival, the Apostolic Church is a Trinitarian, Pentecostal denomination with a strong commitment to mission. | | | The Apostolic Church School of Ministry is based in Penygroes near Ammanford, S Wales. |
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http://www.apostolic-church.org
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| | The True Word; Apostolic Ministries of America. inc. |
| | The basis and faith of Apostolic Ministries of America, "A Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith" was started on the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem as it was preached by Peter and the rest of the apostles. | | | Apostolic Ministries of America, Inc. does hereby extend to any and all of the Apostolic Faith Independent Churches to come and fellowship with us and exhibit their strength in God, through unity. | | | In accordance with I Corinthians 14:40, "Let all things be done decently and in order, Apostolic ministries of America, "A Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith" believes that this principle must be followed for the church government to be lawful in the sight of God and holy men. |
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http://www.apostolic-ministries.net/whoweare.htm
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| | AllRefer.com - apostolic succession (Christianity, General) - Encyclopedia |
| | apostolic succession, in Christian theology, the doctrine asserting that the chosen successors of the apostles enjoyed through God's grace the same authority, power, and responsibility as was conferred upon the apostles by Jesus. | | | For the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Anglican churches, this link with the apostles is what guarantees for them their authority in matters of faith, morals, and the valid administration of sacraments. | | | Protestants (other than Anglican) see the authority given to the apostles as unique, proper to them alone, and hence reject any doctrine of a succession of their power. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/A/apostSuc.html
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| | The Apostolic Church of Enfield (UPC) - Enfield | | | Pentecostal Church of The Apostolic Faith (PAW) - Leavenworth | | | Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus (Gen Hdqrtrs) Rancho Cucamonga |
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http://www.livingstonparish.com/apostolic.htm
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| | United Apostolic Church - History |
| | This was not recognized by the leaders of the Catholic-Apostolic Church and led to the excommunication of Geyer and the congregation of Hamburg, Germany. | | | The main reason for the great splittings of the New Apostolic Church in Switzerland 1954 and West-Germany 1955 was the new teaching in 1951 of the then reigning Chief Apostle J.G. Bischoff. | | | The Saxonian Apostle Brueckner became the solicitor for all those who critized the spiritual views of the Chief Apostle and the worshipping of his person. |
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http://www.united-apostolic.org/e/bg/history.html
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| | Apostolic Succession |
| | Whereas all doctrine must be prejudged as false which savors of contrariety to the truth of the churches and apostles of Christ and God. | | | For this is the manner in which the apostolic churches transmit their registers: as the church of Smyrna, which records that Polycarp was placed therein by John; as also the church of Rome, which makes Clement to have been ordained in like manner by Peter" (ibid., 32). | | | If then these things are so, it is in the same degree manifest that all doctrine which agrees with the apostolic churches—those molds and original sources of the faith must be reckoned for truth, as undoubtedly containing that which the churches received from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, [and] Christ from God. |
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http://www.catholic.com/library/Apostolic_Succession.asp
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Apostles |
| | Some authors (and this is the traditional view) contend that the episkopoi of Apostolic times have the same dignity as the bishops of later times, and that the episkopoi of the apostolic writings are the same as the priests of the second century. | | | The nature of the Apostolic mission is made still clearer by the sayings of Christ after His Resurrection. | | | Whatever may be the solution of this difficut question (see BISHOP, PRIEST), it remains certain that in the second century the general Apostolic authority belonged, by a succession universally acknowledged as legitimate, to the bishops of the Christian churches. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01626c.htm
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| | The Troglodyte - New Apostolic Church |
| | The New Apostolic Church was born from a divisive group, The Catholic Apostlic Church, and was itself a splinter from that group and has continued to be haunted by schisms. | | | Catholic Apostolic Church, in a schism from the churches of the day | | | The New Apostolic Church asserts that it is the only group with living Apostles. |
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http://www.thetrog.com/nac/nac.html
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| | Apostolic Christ Church Temple |
| | Christ Temple Church of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.-How To Kill A Church | | | The Holy Temple Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith | | | Christ Temple Church of the Apostolic Faith Inc.located at 9020 B Woodyard Road in Clinton Maryland... |
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http://www.hermosabeachcoc.com/HBCOCTEWEB/2/church82.html
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| | The ARMI Network: :: Apostolic Mode |
| | This was the first apostolic church in scripture that ministered cross-culturally. | | | The churches planted by the Antioch church were under apostolic oversight and responsibility but were not interrelated administratively or denominationally to the Antioch church itself. | | | The Church in the book of Acts was first and foremost an apostolic church. |
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http://www.arminetwork.org/apsmodel.html
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| | Apostolic Succession |
| | Thus, apostolic succession refers to the whole church insofar as it is faithful to the word, the witness, and the service of the apostolic communities. | | | The real successor to the apostolate is the NT itself, since it continues their ministry within the church of God. | | | Understood in this way, the church is not simply a collectivity of individual churches; instead, it is a communion of churches whose validity is derived from the apostolic message that it professes and from the apostolic witness that it lives. |
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http://mb-soft.com/believe/txo/apossucc.htm
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| | Q&A On Apostles and The Apostolic Move |
| | Here apostolic grace may be accessed through the ministry visit of an apostle to the local church to impart anointing and truth, or the leaders may attend an apostolic conference to receive the impartation. | | | In this realm covenant relationships are of extreme importance and the relationship with the apostolic is in the context of long-term building. | | | These groups are unified in their access to the grace of an apostolic ministry which they recognise as their primary, but not singular, source of impartation and revelation. |
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http://ethnonet.gold.ac.uk/illustrations/ch7illustrations/75elijah/answers/apostle4.htm
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| | Apostolic Tradition |
| | "With this church, because of its superior origin, all churches must agree—that is, all the faithful in the whole world—and it is in her that the faithful everywhere have maintained the apostolic tradition" (ibid., 3:3:1—2). | | | To make sure that the apostolic tradition would be passed down after the deaths of the apostles, Paul told Timothy, "[W]hat you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also" (2 Tim. | | | The teaching of the Church has indeed been handed down through an order of succession from the apostles and remains in the churches even to the present time. |
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http://www.catholic.com/library/Apostolic_Tradition.asp
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| | Apostolic-Prophetic.com |
| | All of God's people were to be an apostolic people. | | | To speak of "prophetic anointing" or "apostolic anointing" as if they are unique anointings of the Holy Spirit is to be guilty of a form of spiritual poetic licence. | | | The issue is that God has been restoring true apostolic function in the Church for a long time, many centuries in fact. |
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http://www.apostolic-prophetic.com/a270.htm
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| | Unofficial Home Page of The One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church |
| | In the Indian subcontinent, Anglicans merged with non-Apostolic Protestant denominations to form four united Churches, the Church of North India, and the Church of South India, the Church of Pakistan, and the Church of Bangladesh. | | | Actively engaged in ecumenism with all the larger segments of the Apostolic Church. | | | This page is an attempt to give an overview of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church today, as it exists throughout the world in its various parts. |
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http://www.nestorian.org/unofficial_home_page_of_the_on.html
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| | Apostolic Lighthouse - A Pentecostal Oneness Church - Worship in Glen Burnie, Baltimore, Maryland |
| | We are a Bible-based, Apostolic church that exists to introduce people to God and help them grow in their faith. | | | Our desire as a church is to offer any assistance we can toward your spiritual and personal growth. | | | And for those who already enjoy a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, we hope that our worship services, Bible studies, seminars, and other ministries will deepen your spiritual roots. |
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http://www.apostolic-lighthouse.com
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| | The New Apostolic Church |
| | The New Apostolic Church suggests that everyone else is wrong and that those who have left the church are misguided. | | | A glance through the guestbook entries of other sites that deal with the New Apostolic Church should make it clear that the ones who engage in vicious personal attacks and threats and emotional and irrational outbursts are faithful members of the New Apostolic Church and not critics of the New Apostolic Church. | | | The New Apostolic Church does not like criticism of itself but it claims the right to criticise individuals who have left and people of other faiths. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Cyprus/4172/authoritarianism.htm
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| | ISAAC - Apostolic Strategies Affecting Nations |
| | One of the most powerful distinctive features of an apostolic ministry is its ability to draw groups of churches and ministries to be networked together for the purpose of harvest and gospel saturation of entire regions. | | | These "words of the season" can help update the network churches to find their spiritual bearings of where they are in the current move of God now. | | | An apostolic networking seems to have been God's plan from the beginning of time. |
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http://www.jonathan-david.org/isaacnations.htm
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| | Amazon.ca: Books: Moving in the Apostolic |
| | The church is not returning to her former glory but to a much greater glory when the apostolic ministry is fully restored and accepted worldwide. | | | It is about the apostolic spirit swelling to great heights, and bringing new thrust to the church today. | | | In essence, Eckhardt is telling us that the conquest of our spiritual treasure is a mandate originated from the apostolic commission which the Lord has set forth. |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0830723730
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| | KINGDOM APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL [ESTABLISHING THE KINGDOM FOR THE KING] |
| | Kingdom Apostolic Ministries International mission is to educate, impart and activate the Body of Christ in the ascension gifts to reach lost souls and empower believers around the world with the endurement of the Holy Spirit to destroy the works of the enemy. | | | On the opposite side of the scale, there are many who maintain that apostles and the apostolic of the first-century church have no place or prevalence in this twenty-first century. | | | Kingdom Apostolic Network International is the vehicle by which Five Fold Ministers will have the opportunity to to be educated in the ascension gifts to establish the Kingdom for our Lord and King, Jesus Christ. |
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http://www.kingdomapostolicmin.com
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| | The True Word, Apostolic Ministries of America, Inc. |
| | Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith | | | Apostolic Assembly of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith | | | We also, know that we must pray for all of God's elect in time of need for relief and deliverance; as we do know that through the power of prayer God can and will make the impossible become reality in the lives of His saints. |
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http://www.apostolic-ministries.net/ct_in_philadelphia.html
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| | Apostolic Equipping Institute |
| | Apostolic Equipping Institute (A. is a Bible school for hungry apostolic and prophetic believers in sunny South Florida. | | | Equip yourself for ministry, band together with those of like precious faith, join the apostolic revolution and impact the world for Jesus Christ. | | | A. is an advanced training center for every believer who knows there must be more than what religion has offered. |
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http://www.jonasclark.com/solbibleschool.htm
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| | Apostolic Father -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Among the Apostolic Fathers were St. Clement of Rome, St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Polycarp of... | | | The claim of the Roman Catholic Church to be the one legitimate continuation of the community established by Jesus Christ is based on apostolic succession. | | | Ante-Nicene literature was that written prior to the Council of Nicaea, which was called by Constantine in 325 to settle disputed religious doctrines (see Constantine the Great). |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9008049?tocId=9008049
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| | Constitutions, Apostolic on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Joyful and not-so-joyful noises still surround church; The dispute over whether the True Apostolic Assembly Church makes too much noise is back in court. | | | A church I'd vote for: a survey of church history reveals a Catholic community that's not only one, holy, and apostolic, but participative, too.(history)(includes "News flash: Church democracy not a newfangled idea!") |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/c/constitua1.asp
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| | Catholic Apostolic Church |
| | Henry Drummond, 1786–1860, a founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church - Drummond, Henry, 1786–1860, English banker, known particularly as one of the founders of the... | | | Catholic Apostolic Church, religious community originating in England c.1831 and extending later to Germany and the United States (1848). | | | This led to the formation (1863) of the New Apostolic Church, the formal name of the present-day organization. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0810873.html
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| | New Apostolic Nuncio for Australia |
| | In 1983 Archbishop De Paoli was appointed Titular Archbishop of Lares and Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka. | | | A statement released by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference last night notes that Archbishop De Paoli, born in 1934, was ordained a priest in 1960. | | | "I am delighted that the Holy See has named Australia’s new Apostolic Nuncio," he said. |
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| | Apostolic Links |
| | Bethesda Temple Apostolic Church - Dayton - Suff. | | | Peace Apostolic Church - Suffragan Bishop Howard A. Swancy | | | Musician for Grace Apostolic Church - Bishop Golder |
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| | Catholic Online |
| | John Paul II established the Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei and appointed as its first bishop, Cornelius Sim, a U.S.-educated cleric who's been apostolic prefect in the Southeast Asian sultanate. | | | ATICAN CITY, OCT. 20, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II established the Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei and appointed as its first bishop, Cornelius Sim, a U.S.-educated cleric who's been apostolic prefect in the Southeast Asian sultanate. | | | The Catholic Church runs four schools with a total of 2,500 students "who enjoy limited freedom of action," the Vatican observed. |
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http://www.catholic.org/cathcom/international_story.php?id=10721
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| | May 12, 2003 - Apostolic Delegation Hosted by White House |
| | Bishop Wagner posed several questions and requested a closer Apostolic relationship with the White House and an increased opportunity for Apostolics to be heard. | | | Quoting from I Chronicles 7:14, I affirmed that we are the people of the Name, emphasizing that because we are people of the Name, God has promised to hear us; this is a powerful point our White House and government needs to consider. | | | These meetings in Washington, D.C. were a great success and, by the help of God, this Apostolic delegation will continue to have an even closer working relationship with the White House and with the Embassy of Israel. |
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http://www.ninetyandnine.com/Archives/20030512/cover.htm
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| | Apostolic Singles |
| | An internet community for singles of the Apostolic Faith to share through the mutual bond of Jesus Christ, each bringing their individual strengths and talents to uplift one another through personal experiences, conversation, encouragement and prayer. | | | We invite you to join and enjoy the fun and fellowship with Apostolics from around the world. | | | www.azusanow.com joining hands with other Apostolic Ministries to spread the true Apostolic message worldwide... |
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http://www.apostolic-singles.com
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| | Principles of the Doctrine of Christ --As taught in the Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
| | Principles of the Doctrine of Christ --As taught in the Apostolic Lutheran Church of America | | | In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight (Luke 10:21). | | | As taught in the Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
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http://www.apostolic-lutheran.org/doctrine
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| | Apostolic Pentecostal Church of Morgan Park |
| | The express purpose of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church of Morgan Park is to glorify God, who has given us the highest elevation of Himself in the Person of Jesus Christ. | | | Our worship includes the preaching and teaching of the gospel concerning the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, so as to enlighten the conscience to the holiness of God, to feed the soul with truth of God, and to open the heart to the matchless grace of God. | | | In glorifying God, we enter into public worship services, seeking to give adequate expression to your profound and dedicated commitment to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who loved us and gave himself for our sins. |
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http://www.apcmorganpark.org
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| | Apostolic Church Australia |
| | The kind of religion which is without stain or fault in the sight of God the Father is this: to go to the help of orphans and widows in their distress and keep oneself untarnished by the world. | | | The structure of the Apostolic Church Australia through the Apostolic Church Trust company, provides a national administrative base which allows local churches to function without the need for separate incorporation. | | | Apostolic Community Care Network is structured on this same principle to provide the care centres with the same national assistance to facilitate the care to the underprivileged. |
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http://www.apostolic.org.au/comcare1.htm
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| | Mountain View Apostolic Church of Fayette Alabama - United Pentecostal Church |
| | Church Mission and Outreach The vision and purpose of Mountain View Apostolic Church. | | | Mountain View Apostolic Church of Fayette Alabama - United Pentecostal Church. | | | More Bibles and Study Tools Links to Bible study tools at other sites, including the Bible in 18 versions and 11 languages, commentaries, concordances, dictionaries, lexicons, sermon helps, Bible maps and images, sites to download Bible software, online Christian libraries, and Christian search engines. |
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http://www.apostolic-churches.net/examples/mvac
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| | Apostolic - definition of Apostolic in Encyclopedia |
| | As the Catholic Encyclopedia states it, "It is at once evident that in a Christian sense, everyone who had received a mission from God, or Christ, to man could be called 'Apostle'". | | | This certainly extended the original sense: because he found himself called in an extraordinary way, not directly by Jesus, Paul felt obliged often to defend his apostolic authority and proclaim that he had seen the Lord (I Corinthians, ix.1) | | | Embed a dictionary search in your own web page |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Apostolic
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