Apostolic Church

Apostolic Church may refer to:

General

• The church of the Apostolic Age, all history of Christianity is traditionally regarded as the period of the Twelve Apostles. This dates from the Great Commission of the Apostles by the risen Jesus in Jerusalem around 33 AD until the death of the last Apostle, believed to be John the Apostle in Anatolia c. 100
• Any church of an Apostolic see, being any episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the apostles of Jesus

Churches

• The Armenian Apostolic Church, the national church of the Armenian people. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy
• Apostolic Church (denomination), formed in 1916
  • Apostolic Church Nigeria
• Apostolic Christian Church, worldwide Christian denomination in the Anabaptist tradition
  • Apostolic Christian Church of America
  • Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene)
• Apostolic Church (Czechoslovakia), a Pentecostal denomination now divided into:
  • Apostolic Church (Czech Republic)
  • Apostolic Church (Slovakia)
• Catholic Apostolic Church, formed in 1835, the church movement associated with Edward Irving
• Old Apostolic Church, Christian faith community with roots in the Catholic Apostolic Church. The Old Apostolic Church is a branch of Christianity separate from Protestantism and Catholicism.
• New Apostolic Church, formed in 1863, a chiliastic Christian church that split from the Catholic Apostolic Church during an 1863 schism in Hamburg, Germany
• United Apostolic Church, independent communities in the tradition of the catholic apostolic revival movement which started at the beginning of the 19th century in England and Scotland. The church also includes:
  • Apostolic Church of Queensland
  • Apostolic Church of South Africa – Apostle Unity

See also

• Apostolic Christian Church, religious body in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Japan that originates from the Anabaptist movement