unapostolic

Opinions are divided about its excellence as an example of oratory; some finding a self-consciousness in it which is unapostolic.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

As early as 1398 he had left Avignon as a silent protest against the unapostolic spirit of that court.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

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.

Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Rufus Matthew Jones 1905

Or he may have been solicitous to procure from the apostles a message for his Gentile churches, giving an authoritative contradiction to the insinuations of his enemies as to the unapostolic character of his gospel.

The Life of St. Paul James Stalker 1887

Men who have been reared in a system of ecclesiastical endowments are apt to cherish the very unapostolic belief that money is a sacred thing; but even they are coming, though by slow degrees, to realize that the

Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886

The Church revenues were drawn through these unapostolic prelates, and came into the hands of the State, or at least of Morton.

A Short History of Scotland Andrew Lang 1878

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.

The Unseen World, and Other Essays 1876

"Mark," and the unapostolic origin of the fourth gospel, are points which may for the future be regarded as wellnigh established by circumstantial evidence.

The Unseen World and Other Essays John Fiske 1871

Northerner observed this injunction by robbing the slave-owner and stealing away the slave -- all in the name and for the greater glory of God! Singularly enough, the parents of these moralists -- who teach the negro the unapostolic christianity of stealing himself -- were those who stole from their homes, and sold for the highest penny, the Angola ancestors of our present slaves.

Cause and contrast : an essay on the American crisis, T. W. MacMahon 1862

On demanding an explanation of this unapostolic alliance, the diocesan received an indignant reply from the priest that he had mistaken his character, for he was incapable of aiding or abetting the sin of bigamy, and that all he had done was to pronounce a blessing for their living happily together until her husband should return.

Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856