unapostolic

comparative more unapostolic · superlative most unapostolic

1. ChristianityNot apostolic; unconnected to the apostles or contrary to their teachings.

   Yet I had not an easy conscience, nor can I now defend my compromise; for I believe that my repugnance to Infant Baptism was really intense, and my conviction that it is unapostolic as strong then as now.

   1874, Francis William Newman, Phases of Faith

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   The priority of the so-called gospel of Matthew, the Pauline purpose of "Luke," the second in date of our gospels, the derivative and second-hand character of "Mark," and the unapostolic origin of the fourth gospel, are points which may for the future be regarded as wellnigh established by circumstantial evidence.

   1876, John Fiske, The Unseen World and Other Essays

   [7] Here, with an air of prophet-like boldness and infallibility, we have once again an announcement of the inadequacy of the Reformation, the formal and external character of prevailing types of religion, and the unapostolic nature of the existing churches.

   1914, Rufus M. Jones, Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries