{"id":18578,"date":"2024-12-30T13:05:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T13:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18578"},"modified":"2025-07-15T12:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:11:19","slug":"apostolic-vs-catholic-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/apostolic-vs-catholic-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4f7f\u5f92\u6559\u4f1a\u3068\u30ab\u30c8\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u6559\u4f1a\u306e\u9055\u3044\u3068\u306f\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>What are the basic definitions of Apostolic and Catholic churches? In our journey to understand the vast web of Christian faith, we must first clarify the terms &quot;Apostolic&quot; and &quot;Catholic&quot; as they relate to churches. These words carry powerful meaning, rooted in the very foundations of Christianity. The term &quot;Apostolic&quot; refers to churches that claim direct spiritual and ministerial succession from the Apostles of Jesus Christ. These churches believe their bishops can trace their ordination back to the original Apostles\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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These churches believe their bishops can trace their ordination back to the original Apostles\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[217],"class_list":["post-18578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-catholicism-demystified"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58631,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/baptist-vs-new-apostolic-beliefs\/","url_meta":{"origin":18578,"position":0},"title":"Baptist vs. New Apostolic Church Beliefs","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"11\u6708 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A Heart&#039;s Quest for Truth: Understanding the Path of Baptist and New Apostolic Faith In the journey of faith, it is a good and noble thing to ask questions. 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