apostolic succession

Authority is passed down through a form of apostolic succession.

He was considered a conservative on issues such as apostolic succession.

This was therefore an early argument supported by apostolic succession.

Apostolic succession is an important concept for many churches, especially those in the east.

He also pointed out the concept of apostolic succession to support his arguments.

Despite this fact, most Methodists view apostolic succession outside its high church sense.

Also, not all communities believe that the other communities have apostolic succession either.

They had a Syriac liturgy and, apparently, a true apostolic succession.

Papal primacy is different though related to apostolic succession as described here.

Thus, apostolic succession is necessary for the valid celebration of the sacraments today.

Others who believe in "Apostolic Succession", but do not often call themselves "catholic".

Thus the concept of initiation is similar to that of apostolic succession.

The Acts are important for many reasons, one of them being the concept of apostolic succession.

He held that "apostolic succession" was an untenable concept.

The 'apostolic succession' may have been lost completely.

Even so, Catholicism acknowledges the papacy is built on apostolic succession, not the other way around.

High Church-the worship of the church and apostolic succession.

However, some Lutheran churches also have valid apostolic succession.

With you also goes the apostolic succession, and, perhaps-the Chair of Peter.

Thereby they claim access to different lines of apostolic succession from that commonly accepted in the churches.

Virtually all groups in the independent Catholic movement claim to have valid apostolic succession for their bishops.

Parker wished to demonstrate an apostolic succession for the English Church.

In this case, the apostolic succession went awry.

Following the Reformation of the 16th century and related turmoil, there were parallel apostolic successions.

Old Catholics consider apostolic succession to be the handing on of belief in which the whole Church is involved.