apostolic succession
the unbroken line of succession beginning with the apostles and perpetuated through bishops, considered essential for orders and sacraments to be valid.
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How to use apostolic succession in a sentence
All this, in a so-called apostolic succession, is not only anti-apostolic, but anti-Christian.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians | James DenneyVincent's, notwithstanding its acknowledged chieftaincy, depended ultimately too much on a mechanically apostolic succession.
Sinister Street, vol. 2 | Compton MackenzieThe links in the chain of supposed apostolic succession are so bloody, that even the "dark ages" cannot conceal their crimson hue.
Spencer's Letters | Orson SpencerThus Moscow became indisputably the head of the Orthodox Church, by direct apostolic succession.
The Story of Moscow | Wirt GerrareThey might be trusted not to choose apostolic succession as their subject.
Rebuilding Britain | Alfred Hopkinson
British Dictionary definitions for Apostolic succession
the doctrine that the authority of Christian bishops derives from the Apostles through an unbroken line of consecration
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