Why/why not? I'd like to hear from both sides on this one; Scriptures are appreciated. Thnxs.
2007-05-13 13:31:21 · 8 answers · asked by Basilia Harmonia 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
whoops! apostolic, yes, sorry!!
2007-05-13 13:37:02 · update #1
I'm not sure what you mean by your question. Apostolic succession is the line of bishops stretching back to the apostles. Do I believe that the bishops can be traced back to the Apostles? I would need to see the evidence.
2007-05-13 13:38:14 · answer #1 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not the way the Catholic church describes it. It is fine to replace church leaders and I think that is what the 11 were doing as was mentioned in Acts 1:15-26. But that does not mean there is some sort of Holy unbroken link from Peter to whoever. God can raise up leaders at any time by anyone. There is no verse that expressly instructs to perform apostolic succession.
2007-05-13 20:43:25 · answer #2 · answered by The GMC 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You mean apostolic?
Apostolic succession is nothing more than a Baptist plot to spread crazy doctrines, and to promote their own program of perditionary authority, not to mention that horrid fiction known as spontaneous salvation.
They and the fundamentals are in cahoots.
2007-05-13 20:34:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A natural revelation for us to believe in apostolic succession is the successive rings in a tree. Many natural revelations have not been shown to us because we have not contemplated simple nature as manifesting man's social order.
2007-05-13 20:39:55 · answer #4 · answered by trach_ing 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely. Acts 1:15-26.
More Scripture references can be found here:
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/apostolic_succession.html
2007-05-13 20:36:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"For Christians: Do you believe in apolistic succession? "
No.
Because God never needed man to create a 'church'. God made the believers. He drew them in. And the centuries of persecutions led by popes prove their inability to follow the words of Jesus. And the centuries of popes who made owning Bibles illegal makes them a broken sort of deviation from the way the Bible is set up. The Bible never was meant for popes and clergy only. It was meant for all. The Popes have assumed power over that of God's word, that's somewhere where they do not belong. The only one between man and God is Christ.
2007-05-13 20:44:03 · answer #6 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
NO!
The RCC teachings are in error.
They say Jesus told Peter he was a rock and on that rock he'd build his church-FALSE teaching. Peter had just told Jesus he was the Christ. This was Jesus' response:
Matthew 16:17-19
17Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. 18And I tell you that you are Peter,[a] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades[b] will not overcome it.[c] 19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be[d] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[e] loosed in heaven."
The "Rock" is Jesus. Jesus called himself the cornerstone once in another passage. Can Peter save us? NO! Only Jesus can and we can rely on this-Jesus is the Rock.
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2007-05-13 20:41:58 · answer #7 · answered by Jeanmarie 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, It's in the bible when they choose Mathias!!!
2007-05-14 07:10:16 · answer #8 · answered by Sniper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋