Apostolic succession
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title:
Apostolic succession
text:
Apostolic succession is the method whereby the ministry of the Christian Church is considered by some Christian denominations to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession, which has usually been associated with a claim that the succession is through a series of bishops. Those of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Scandinavian Lutheran, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, Church of the East, Hussite, Moravian and Old Catholic traditions maintain that "a bishop cannot have regular or valid ord
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Claim that Christian Church leadership is derived from the apostles by a continuous succession
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_succession
date created:
2001-10-14T23:46:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T11:09:23Z
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