👉 Postapostolic is a term used in ecclesiastical history and scholarship to describe a period of time following the death, burial, or interment of a bishop. This term was first used by John Chrysostom (354-420 CE) as an expression of the apostasy of the Eastern Roman Church during the reign of Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century. Postapostolic refers to a period of time following this apostasy, which