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Apostolic Succession Succession.Html Apostolic Succession http://lavistachurchofchrist.org/LVarticles/Apostolic Succession.html Articles Apostolic Succession by Bryan Matthew Dockens A number of religions practice so-called apostolic succession. Roman Catholics believe the man they call "Pope" is the successor of the apostle Peter. Mormons claim twelve to fifteen apostles at all times. Many Pentecostal congregations identify their preachers as apostles. Such claims are totally inconsistent with the scriptures. The Apostles of Christ Were Not Replaced Upon Their Deaths It is written, " Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword " ( Acts 12:1-2 ). There is absolutely no record, not even the slightest implication, that a replacement apostle was named when James was murdered. Judas Iscariot was succeeded, but it was not his death which prompted the vacancy. In the process of replacing him, the eleven prayed and spoke of the " apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell " ( Acts 1:25 ). It was not his death, but his sin which removed Judas from office. Therefore, to suggest a need for modern apostles is to incriminate all previous apostles. The Qualifications of Apostleship are No Longer Attainable When the eleven sought out Judas' successor, they identified the qualifications, saying, " Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection " ( Acts 1:21-22 ). The criteria for an apostolic candidate were that the man was a companion of Jesus and the twelve from the days of John's ministry until the ascension of Christ, and that he was a witness of the Lord's resurrection. These conditions were so limiting that, even in those early days, just two men could be found who met them ( Acts 1:23 ). Those who claim to be modern-day apostles ignore the severely limiting qualifications of the original. Furthermore, apostles were chosen by Christ ( Luke 6:13 ). Even Judas Iscariot's replacement was decided by the Lord. " They cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles " ( Acts 1:26 ). Scripture affirms this was God's doing, for " The lot is cast into the lap, 1 of 2 6/13/2011 2:22 PM Apostolic Succession http://lavistachurchofchrist.org/LVarticles/Apostolic Succession.html but its every decision is from the Lord " ( Proverbs 16:33 ). None who claim modern apostleship can substantiate the notion that they were chosen by Jesus. The Apostleship of Paul was Exceptional He wrote, " For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. Then last of all he was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me " ( I Corinthians 15:3-10 ). Paul claimed to have been the last person to witness the resurrected Christ. Not even his detractors disputed this ( I Corinthians 9:1 ). Certainly, none since him can accurately claim this most essential qualification. Moreover, Paul identified his role as an apostle by describing himself as " one born out of due time ." He was the unique apostle, the only one exempt from the qualification to have accompanied the other apostles during Jesus' earthly ministry, although he was most definitely chosen by Christ ( Acts 9:15 ), like the rest. If dozens, scores, even hundreds of apostles have walked the earth since Paul, his claim to have been "born out of due time" is altogether meaningless. In fact, if the claims of the so-called modern-day apostles are true, then those "born out of due time" were the original twelve! Modern claimants must turn the scriptures upside-down or ignore them altogether to assert their contrived apostolic authority. Beware of False Apostles! Just as Satan, the master of deception and father of lies, can transform himself into an angel of light, so those who serve him can transform themselves into righteous ministers, even apostles of Christ ( I Corinthians 11:13-15 ). " Those who say they are apostles and are not " will be found liars when tested (Revelation 2:2 ). Send mail to [email protected] with questions or comments about this web site. Copyright © 2003,2011 La Vista Church of Christ This work by the La Vista Church of Christ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Permission is given in advance to use the material and pictures on this site for non-commerical purposes. We only ask that you give credit to the original creators. A link back to this site is not required, though it is always appreciated. Last modified: January 6, 2011 Number of Visitors: 2 of 2 6/13/2011 2:22 PM Ramblings: Apostolic Succession http://peteshepherd.blogspot.com/2007/09/apostolic-succession.html Share Report Abuse Next Blog» Create Blog Sign In Ramblings This started out as just whatever was on my mind on any given day. Somewhere along the way I found out that what is on my mind should be more important than the muddled and mundane, and this has turned into a discussion of scripture. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2007 Apostolic Succession On July tenth, Pope Bennedict issued a statement to the effect that Protestant churches are not churches in the proper sense. This upset a lot of people. I'm not entirely sure why he felt that he had to make that statement, and I'm also not sure that anybody should be upset by it. First of all, what did the Pope mean by 'churches in the proper sense?' Let's face it, the Roman Catholic church has long thought of itself as 'The Church,' and all others as 'churches.' The statement goes on to refer to products of the Protestant reformation as 'ecclesial communities.' What exactly is an ecclesial community? I don't claim to know, but I suspect that it is something close to what the rest of us would consider a church, just not under papal authority, and thereby not granted papal recognition. Tell A Friend! Secondly, I suspect that a good portion of the motivation behind the timing of the statement, if not the statement itself, is the fact that the Roman Catholic Church has, in recent times, been more and more liberal Creative Commons License about recognizing other denominations--particularly those whose doctrine is closest. Lately, though, there have been some events that threaten that relationship (an openly gay bishop , a priest who claims to Ramblings by Pete Shepherd is be both Christian and Muslim). I suspect that Pope Bennedict felt that licensed under a Creative Commons it was time to reiterate the Catholic belief that there is only one true Attribution-Noncommercial-No church--the Roman Catholic Church. Derivative Works 3.0 United States The claim rests on the doctrine of Apostolic Succession . The logic is, License. that there were the original twelve apostles, and they only ordained Based on a work at men that they knew had a good understanding of the precepts of the peteshepherd.blogspot.com. faith. Those men, in turn, ensured that the men that they ordained to the clergy also had good understanding. Part of the reasoning behind Apostolic Succession is that, on occassion, heretics arise and debate the accepted interpretation of Scripture, twisting the words of Scripture to support their own doctrine. In those instances, since the dispute cannot Subscribe To RAMBLINGS be resolved strictly by the authority of Scripture, then one can rely on Posts the source of knowledge (that is, who did you study under? Where did you learn this idea that you are proposing?) That makes good sense. At Comments the same time, some Protestant churches branched off from the Roman church with substantial numbers of clergy. These men coninued the Blog Archive practice of Apostolic Succession within their denomonations. Pope ► 2011 (7) Bennedict has stated that this is not true Apostolic Succession, because there was a break with 'The Church' (for some reason, this logic does ► 2010 (23) ► 2009 (58) 1 of 2 6/13/2011 2:26 PM Ramblings: Apostolic Succession http://peteshepherd.blogspot.com/2007/09/apostolic-succession.html not apply to the Orthodox Church). To be honest, this smacks of circular ► 2008 (207) logic to me (you aren't a true church because you don't practice ▼ 2007 (139) Apostolic Succession. Well, you do, but it isn't true Apostolic ► December (18) Succession, because you aren't part of the true church). Maybe there's ► November (18) more to it that I don't understand. Something else that bothers me about this. When exactly did Apostolic ► October (18) Succession become such an important part of doctrine? I can see why it's ▼ September (18) an important part, but I can't help but wonder: When Peter was Conspiracies teaching and ordaining new clergy, did he sign ordination papers? I Politics suspect that he did not.
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