Apostolic succession
the unbroken line of succession beginning with the apostles and perpetuated through bishops, considered essential for orders and sacraments to be valid.
noun
the doctrine that the authority of christian bishops derives from the apostles through an unbroken line of consecration
noun
in roman catholicism, the doctrine maintaining that present-day successors to jesus’s apostles, i.e. the bishops, have the same spiritual authority, power, and responsibility conferred upon them as did the original apostles
usage note
religion
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