The concept that the office of Christ's Apostle is transferred from one generation to the next.
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Apostolic succession and the Didache
As it pertains primarily to Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and other large denominations that not only lay claim to an unbroken successive line, but who also put significant emphasis on it:
The ...
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When did Martin Luther lose his Apostolic succession according to Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churchеs?
As far as I understand Martin Luther according to the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches possessed the Apostolic succession while he was in the Roman Catholic Church (he was a priest, after ...
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Primacy of Andrew in Eastern Orthodoxy
I heard this from a Catholic friend of mine: He said, in explaining where Orthodoxy is coming from, that because St. Andrew told his brother Simon about Jesus, he's the real leader of the church and ...
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How is Lutheran apostolic succession conferred?
I noticed in a comment that Lutherans have apostolic succession I figured this was a purely Catholic/Anglican/Orthodox thing is there a comparable Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Lutheran world?
