Definition of Apostolate. Meaning of Apostolate. Synonyms of Apostolate

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Definition of Apostolate

Apostolate
Apostolate A*pos"to*late, n. [L. apostolatus, fr. apostolus. See Apostle.] 1. The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship. Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate. --Jer. Taylor. 2. The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.

Meaning of Apostolate from wikipedia

- An apostolate is a Christian organization "directed to serving and evangelizing the world", most often ****ociated with the Anglican Communion or the Catholic...
- The lay apostolate is made up of laypersons, who are neither consecrated religious nor in Holy Orders, who exercise a ministry within the Catholic Church...
- The Blue Army of Our Lady of Fátima, now mostly known as the World Apostolate of Fátima, is a public international ****ociation that has as its general...
- The Pallottines, officially named the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Latin: Societas Apostolatus Catholici), abbreviated SAC, is a Society of Apostolic...
- Italian Catholic cleric and the founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, later known as the Pious Society of Missions (the Pallottines). The original...
- The Madonna House Apostolate is a Catholic Christian community of laypeople and priests, all of whom take lifelong promises of poverty, chastity, and obedience...
- Apostolicam Actuositatem (Apostolic Activity), also known as the "Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity", is one of the 16 magisterial do****ents of the Second Vatican...
- Courage International, also known as Courage Apostolate and Courage for short, is an approved apostolate of the Catholic Church founded in 1980 by John...
- 1985) was a Russian-born Catholic activist who founded the Madonna House Apostolate in 1947. She was a pioneer in the struggle for interracial justice, spiritual...
- within the Church." This dicastery emerged from the Decree on the Lay Apostolate of the Second Vatican Council, Apostolicam Actuositatem. It was officially...