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by dctoedt
1334 days ago
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> Even in the Catholic Church, the longest unbroken chain (i.e., for which records survive) of apostolic succession (i.e., which bishop consecrated each bishop) goes only back to the 1400s Our (Episcopal) parish used to have a small framed "genealogy" that purported to trace our diocesan bishop's consecration lineage back to St. Peter. I was always a bit skeptical. Tangent: Some Roman Catholics would flatly deny the validity of any Anglican ordinations post-Henry VIII .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolicae_curae |
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