apostolic succession

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apostolic succession

▶noun the uninterrupted transmission of spiritual authority from the Apostles through successive popes and bishops, taught by the Roman Catholic Church but denied by most Protestants.

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