English Explanatory Dictionary

apostolic succession

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The unbroken chain of consecrations by laying on of hands from the Apostles of Jesus Christ to the bishops, and from to bishop to bishop through the ages.

Word forms

apostolic succession apostolic successions
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