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Definition of apostolic succession in English: apostolic successionnoun (in Christian thought) the uninterrupted transmission of spiritual authority from the Apostles through successive popes and bishops, taught by the Roman Catholic Church but denied by most Protestants. （基督思想中）使徒统绪（指神权传至历代教皇和主教，从不间断；此说为罗马天主教会所坚持，但新教徒不予承认） Example sentencesExamples - That continuity is rooted in apostolic succession, by which the whole mystery of Christ is handed on through the bishops.
- The Church is built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets and there are no apostles and prophets today nor is there any such thing as an apostolic succession.
- The office is handed down by apostolic succession.
- Much of the present book is devoted to ministerial orders, with an essay on the diaconate and several extended discussions on the episcopal office and the meaning of apostolic succession.
- The same must be said with regard to the restriction of ‘church’ to those communities with apostolic succession and the genuine and total Eucharistic mystery.
- This fails to take into account the fact that the validity of Rome's own sacramental life is far from universally accepted by the Orthodox, nor is Rome's notion of what apostolic succession means.
- After discovering it myself and being ordained in it and now a consecrated Catholic archbishop in valid apostolic succession like any Roman Catholic bishop, I have found true joy.
- How non-Methodists react to his innovations no doubt depends on their attachment to the ancient creeds and to the apostolic succession which they express.
- This they affirmed to be the very body of Christ, the locus of holiness, the society of saints, guaranteed by the unquestioned apostolic succession of their bishops.
- But his genius lay also in his ability to construct a coherent understanding of the creed, canon, and apostolic succession that was intellectually convincing and spiritually powerful.
- The intention of these authors is to avoid a split in the church over what are nonessential practices and to avoid making that which is indifferent - such as apostolic succession - necessary for unity.
- To depart from what Christ has laid down in this matter of ordination would be to break the apostolic succession, to undermine the teaching authority and to deprive the sacraments of the life-giving power they have from Christ.
- The Reformed churches would need to reconsider their rejection of apostolic succession, as Catholicism and Orthodoxy would need to reconsider the essential nature and exercise of this ‘power.’
- Biblically, we must insist that apostolic succession does not consist in the continuing office of apostle, or some imaginary, unbroken line of descent and blessing from the Apostle Peter via bishops and popes.
- Opinions vary on the question of the apostolic succession.
- By denying that Christ devised a system of apostolic succession and infused it with divine authority that continued with the mystical ‘body’ of the Church, these ministers also denied the divine authority of the Church.
- In the effort to prove which form of religious expression was legitimate, Roman Catholics had long held the upper hand because of their claim of apostolic succession.
- The episcopate as a sign receives its significance from the historical dimension of its apostolic succession, yet also from the authenticity of its contemporary acts of service and proclamation.
- There were questions about the papacy and apostolic succession, about sin and grace, about the authority of Scripture and tradition.
- I said, ‘So much for the doctrine of apostolic succession.’
Definition of apostolic succession in US English: apostolic successionnoun (in Christian thought) the uninterrupted transmission of spiritual authority from the Apostles through successive popes and bishops, taught by the Roman Catholic Church but denied by most Protestants. （基督思想中）使徒统绪（指神权传至历代教皇和主教，从不间断；此说为罗马天主教会所坚持，但新教徒不予承认） Example sentencesExamples - The episcopate as a sign receives its significance from the historical dimension of its apostolic succession, yet also from the authenticity of its contemporary acts of service and proclamation.
- Much of the present book is devoted to ministerial orders, with an essay on the diaconate and several extended discussions on the episcopal office and the meaning of apostolic succession.
- This fails to take into account the fact that the validity of Rome's own sacramental life is far from universally accepted by the Orthodox, nor is Rome's notion of what apostolic succession means.
- Opinions vary on the question of the apostolic succession.
- The Church is built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets and there are no apostles and prophets today nor is there any such thing as an apostolic succession.
- There were questions about the papacy and apostolic succession, about sin and grace, about the authority of Scripture and tradition.
- The intention of these authors is to avoid a split in the church over what are nonessential practices and to avoid making that which is indifferent - such as apostolic succession - necessary for unity.
- By denying that Christ devised a system of apostolic succession and infused it with divine authority that continued with the mystical ‘body’ of the Church, these ministers also denied the divine authority of the Church.
- After discovering it myself and being ordained in it and now a consecrated Catholic archbishop in valid apostolic succession like any Roman Catholic bishop, I have found true joy.
- To depart from what Christ has laid down in this matter of ordination would be to break the apostolic succession, to undermine the teaching authority and to deprive the sacraments of the life-giving power they have from Christ.
- Biblically, we must insist that apostolic succession does not consist in the continuing office of apostle, or some imaginary, unbroken line of descent and blessing from the Apostle Peter via bishops and popes.
- But his genius lay also in his ability to construct a coherent understanding of the creed, canon, and apostolic succession that was intellectually convincing and spiritually powerful.
- That continuity is rooted in apostolic succession, by which the whole mystery of Christ is handed on through the bishops.
- I said, ‘So much for the doctrine of apostolic succession.’
- In the effort to prove which form of religious expression was legitimate, Roman Catholics had long held the upper hand because of their claim of apostolic succession.
- The office is handed down by apostolic succession.
- The same must be said with regard to the restriction of ‘church’ to those communities with apostolic succession and the genuine and total Eucharistic mystery.
- This they affirmed to be the very body of Christ, the locus of holiness, the society of saints, guaranteed by the unquestioned apostolic succession of their bishops.
- How non-Methodists react to his innovations no doubt depends on their attachment to the ancient creeds and to the apostolic succession which they express.
- The Reformed churches would need to reconsider their rejection of apostolic succession, as Catholicism and Orthodoxy would need to reconsider the essential nature and exercise of this ‘power.’
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