My Mormon friend and I have been discussing the issue of apostolic succession for the past week, which is an important bedrock for both his and my faith. He readily acknowledges that there is evidence ...

At the general audience, Benedict XVI talked about Episcopal ministry. Although no reference was made to the illicit Chinese ordinations, he highlighted the role of the Church of Rome, "sign, ...

“Gavin Ortlund examines whether Protestant churches—and their Eucharist—are truly valid by critically assessing apostolic succession through biblical, historical, and theological lenses.” - Truth ...

The consecration of the self-excommunicated priest Jacinto Kibuuka to the position of a bishop has raised many questions in the public. The basic question that is emerging pertains to the authenticity ...

In this episode of the program I answer two questions regarding apostolic succession and whether, in fact, we have an unbroken chain going back to the apostles. The first question comes from Marci in ...

The household of God, says Paul, is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets (Eph. 2:20), and, as E. A. Litton has observed, a foundation does not repeat itself. It is, indeed, evident ...

Ask those who knew his earliest followers, said Irenaeus. "The Church," wrote Irenaeus, "having received this preaching and this faith, although scattered throughout the whole world, yet, as if ...

Speaking to a crowd of some 50,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI used his General Audience today to stress the importance of Episcopal succession, saying that the lineage ...

Lisa McClain does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The last time the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis made headlines, it was a story about bad priests. John Geoghan, Paul Shanley, Ronald Paquin—priests who abused boys in the Archdiocese of ...