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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A desire to understand the thought and experience of the apostolic Church.
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And it remains a matter of debate to what extent Luke is exercising editorial privilege in his accounts of the apostolic preaching.
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He wanted to show that one could be an educated and intelligent believer without abandoning the apostolic rule of faith and life.
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In this capacity he conscientiously fulfilled his duties for thirty-one years in a perfect apostolic spirit.
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May our apostolic work be affirmed and expanded in the years ahead.
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The hand is a strong one, and the sentiments, emphasizing the apostolic succession of bishops, are magisterially expressed.
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There were no official mediators, licensed by an ecclesiastical hierarchy or set apart by apostolic ordination.
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These last propositions were hotly contested in the apostolic community.