Sentences with phrase «since apostolic succession»

Oddly, when Evangelicals say I'm not orthodox, they have to realize that Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox might say the same about them, since apostolic succession and the primacy of the bishops aren't small matters in those traditions.

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Since the Catholic Church believes in apostolic succession, they argue that the authority to forgive sins was passed down from the apostles through the Pope to the priests.

Since the Protestant Reformation, the Roman Catholic magisterium has deployed its self - referential doctrine of apostolic succession to portray Protestants as little more than heretics.