Even those of larger content, such as Hebrews and Revelation, if their apostolicity was questioned, remained subjects of dispute.
Such opposition from the side of advocates of Petrine apostolicity is anticipated in the most significant and important of all the epilogues, the so-called Appendix or Epilogue to the Fourth gospel (John xxi.
They would hardly have obtained currency had they not been attributed to an apostle; for a denial of the apostolicity of this book has always deprived it of authority.
Here also the principle of apostolicity seems to have been of great importance for the collectors and editors, but it was otherwise applied than at Rome.
The principle ofapostolicity was more strictly conceived and more surely applied.
It was by pursuing this line of argument that the early Fathers demonstrated the Apostolicity of the Catholic Church, and refuted the pretensions of contemporary sectaries.
Tertullian bears witness to the spread of Christianity, 31; treats of the Apostolicity of the Church, 49.
The Church of England is as clearly wanting in apostolicity as the Greek Church is in catholicity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "apostolicity" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
