How Modernized Is Apostolic?

[Bro Flame]

How modern of a term is Apostolic?

[Scott Pitta]

William Parham was the first to use it in connection with Pentecostalism. But that was several years prior to 1914.

I am not sure of how the word "apostolic" was first used to describe Spanish Apostolic Assembly churches.

What a interesting question !!!

[Tithesmeister]

Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

William Parham was the first to use it in connection with Pentecostalism. But that was several years prior to 1914.

I am not sure of how the word "apostolic" was first used to describe Spanish Apostolic Assembly churches.

What a interesting question !!!

William Parham?

[Scott Pitta]

My error.

Charles Fox Parham.

[Tithesmeister]

Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

My error.

Charles Fox Parham.

That’s funny. I thought that’s what you meant.

[Tithesmeister]

Originally Posted by Bro Flame

How modern of a term is Apostolic?

It was used by the Apostolic Catholic Church at least as far back as the early eighteen hundreds.

[Esaias]

First Known Use of apostolic
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for apostolic
Middle English appostolike, borrowed from Late Latin apostolicus, borrowed from Late Greek apostolikós, from Greek apóstolos "messenger, envoy, APOSTLE" + -ikos -IC entry 1

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict...ic#other-words

[Esaias]

Also, the term Apostolici ("Apostolics") was used by several non catholic Christian groups in the 3rd and 4th centuries, and again by other non catholic Christian groups in the 12th-14th centuries.

[Scott Pitta]

I suspect the original question to mean when did the term "apostolic" have the distinct meaning of the Acts 2:38 message.

Since the "revelation" did not come until 1914, it came then, or afterwards. That assumes apostolic=oneness.

[coksiw]

The first use of the word Apostolic that I know of was the Apostolic Faith Mission, and then the Apostolic Faith papers in the early 1900s. Both of them were Trinitarian.

I think "Apostolic" was originally associated with the Acts 2:38 message, not with Oneness.