connected with the Apostles or their teaching 宗徒的；使徒的；传自宗徒的 apostolic writings 耶稣门徒的著作。
connected with the Pope or Popes, who are considered to have had authority passed down to them from Christ’s Apostles 罗马教皇的；宗座的 The Pope appointed six apostolic administrators. 教皇任命了六名使徒行政官。
Word OriginMiddle English: from French apostolique or ecclesiastical Latin apostolicus, from Greek apostolikos, from apostolos ‘messenger’, from apostellein ‘send forth’.