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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION

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WHAT DOES APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Apostolic succession

Apostolic succession

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. This series was seen originally as that of the bishops of a particular see founded by one or more of the apostles, but it is generally understood today as meaning a series of bishops, regardless of see, each consecrated by other bishops themselves consecrated similarly in a succession going back to the apostles. Christians of the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Old Catholic, Anglican, Moravian, and Scandinavian Lutheran traditions maintain that "a bishop cannot have regular or valid orders unless he has been consecrated in this apostolic succession." Apostolic succession "may also be understood as a continuity in doctrinal teaching from the time of the apostles to the present.

Definition of Apostolic succession in the English dictionary

The definition of Apostolic succession in the dictionary is the doctrine that the authority of Christian bishops derives from the Apostles through an unbroken line of consecration.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION

Apostles´ Creed
apostleship
apostolate
apostolic
apostolic delegate
Apostolic Fathers
Apostolic See

WORDS THAT END LIKE APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION

admission
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conversion
depression
discussion
emission
expression
impression
mission
obsession
passion
permission
possession
pression
profession
progression
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submission
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Synonyms and antonyms of Apostolic succession in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Apostolic succession» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

使徒继承
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

La sucesión apostólica
570 millions of speakers

English

Apostolic succession
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपोस्टोलिक उत्तराधिकार
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الخلافة الرسولية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Апостольская преемственность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

A sucessão apostólica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এপোস্টলিক উত্তরাধিকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

La succession apostolique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penggantian rasul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

apostolischen Sukzession
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

使徒継承
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사도 승계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kasusuhan apostolik
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

kế thừa tông đồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திருத்தூதரக ஆட்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपोस्टोलिक उत्तराधिकार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Apostolik halef
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

successione apostolica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sukcesja apostolska
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Апостольська спадкоємність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

succesiune apostolică
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αποστολική διαδοχή
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Apostoliese opvolging
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

apostoliska succession
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

apostoliske suksesjon
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Apostolic succession

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION»

Discover the use of Apostolic succession in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Apostolic succession and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bishop Lists: Formation of Apostolic Succession of Bishops ...
Bishop Lists: Formation of Apostolic Succession of Bishops in Ecclesiastical Crises is a revision of his doctoral dissertation in New Testament and Early Christian Literature completed under Robert M. Grant at the University of Chicag
Robert Lee Williams, 2005
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Apostolic Succession
Examines the unbroken apostolic chain linking past to present in the historic Orthodox Church.
Gregory Rogers, 2000
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The Apostolic Succession and the Catholic Episcopate in the ...
Redmile presents a compendium of traditional Anglican teaching in regard to the ministry and sacraments of the church together with a detailed history of the Anglican lines of the Apostolic Succession.
Robert David Redmile, 2006
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The Directory of Autocephalous Bishops of the Apostolic ...
Here's the newest revised and expanded edition of Bishop Karl Pruter's standard guide to the independent Anglican, Catholic, and Orthodox Bishops located in North America.
Bishop Karl Pruter, 2007
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The great fiction of the times, or Apostolic succession, ...
Philip Cater. > to a similar honor ; and that this successive transfer of apostolic office has been continued in one unbroken chain of illustrious clergy from the first bishop of Rome to the present archbishop of Canterbury, and that it shall continue ...
Philip Cater, 1844
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One Link in the Chain of Apostolic Succession: Or, The ...
And how the modern Catholic church, which pretends to be so holy and infallible, will claim and acknowledge me as one of the legitimate successors of St. Peter, and as a necessary link in the boasted chain of apostolic succession, while there  ...
‎1854
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Doctrine of the Priesthood Vol 7 No. 10 - The Apostleship — ...
This then, is the unique theme of this issue — in that it deals with Apostolic Succession and the real relationship which it sustains to the Fulness of the Patriarchal Priesthood, and this too, in terms of simple and unguarded English. In this regard ...
Fred Collier
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Apostolicity Then and Now: An Ecumenical Church in a ...
Apostolic succession in the classical sense of the succession of bishops in the course of the church's history as the primary expression of the church's apostolicity has been repositioned. In recent thought. apostolic succession of the bishops ...
John J. Burkhard, 2004
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Norms of Faith and Life
1 A. A. J. Ehrhardt, The Apostolic Succession in the First Two Centuries of the Church, London 1953; W. Telfer, The Office of a Bishop, London 1962. 1 H. von Campenhausen, ' Der urchristliche ApostelbegrifF, Stadia Theologita i. fasc.
Everett Ferguson, 1999
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Visible and Apostolic: The Constitution of the Church in ...
Apostolic authority was derived from Christ, who had been sent by the Father. The people's adherence to their bishops symbolized the modern church's apostolicity. Uninterrupted apostolic succession guaranteed the validity of the ordinations ...
Robert D. Cornwall, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION»

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Putin uses church as foreign-policy tool
... true sacraments, above all by apostolic succession – the priesthood and the Eucharist, whereby they are still joined to us in closest intimacy.'”. «WND.com, Jul 15»
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Independence Day: an excellent moment to remember Stephen …
... and by near-apostolic succession the line of Conservatives of prime ministers through John Diefenbaker and Joe Clark, and arguably even ... «rabble.ca, Jul 15»
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Lessons From the Christian East
With no visible hierarchy (though bishops in the underground took great pains always to ensure at least one man with apostolic succession in ... «Catholic World Report, Jul 15»
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'Womanpriest' to preside over liturgy in Central Lake
The female priests were later excommunicated but the ordinations are valid because they were made in full apostolic succession, the line of ... «Traverse City Record Eagle, Jun 15»
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The irony in “Why I remain Catholic”
... really dovetail quite nicely with the Episcopalians, and, heck, they have a nice liturgy, and bishops, and even Apostolic Succession, too. «Patheos, Jun 15»
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Martin Luther was wrong to reject Aristotle – he still has much to …
Our doctrines on the Eucharist, Mary, the apostolic succession, Purgatory … I can draw richly on Scripture to show Protestants that Catholic ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jun 15»
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44 Scotland Street: Friendship, camouflage, love
“Barbara Pym is in a direct line of apostolic succession with Jane Austen,” said Domenica. “But back to camouflage. Apparently these artists all ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»
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The Big Picture, Part I: From Shamans to Priests
Think of the sacrament of Holy Orders and chain of apostolic succession in some Christian denominations, the Jewish kohens in the line of ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
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An Unusual Bishop Interviewed in Cuba
It is called Apostolic Succession; in the Roman and Orthodox churches, it is what makes the ordination, the Eucharist, the Mass and everything ... «Havana Times, Jun 15»
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Review: Judy, The Judy Garland Songbook at the Empire Theatre …
Apostolic succession may be an inevitable factor, just as familiarity plays a vital part in the lives of those who follow. By such acts is history ... «Liverpool Echo, Jun 15»

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