Apostolic succession
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Apostolic succession is the method whereby the ministry of the Christian Church is held 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.
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See also
- Baptist successionism
- Episcopi vagantes
- List of bishops
- New Apostolic Church
- Pope Linus
- Valid but illicit
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