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Pope: Other Christians not true churches

Started by Unbeliever, July 11, 2007, 03:30:42 pm

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Unbeliever

July 11, 2007, 03:30:42 pm Last Edit: July 11, 2007, 03:32:58 pm by Unbeliever
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_re_eu/pope_other_christians

QuoteThe other communities "cannot be called 'churches' in the proper sense" because they do not have apostolic succession -- the ability to trace their bishops back to Christ's original apostles -- and therefore their priestly ordinations are not valid, it said.


I wonder where it says in the Bible that apostolic succession is necessary?
"Some say God is living there [in space]. I was looking around very attentively, but I did not see anyone there. I did not detect either angels or gods....I don't believe in God. I believe in man - his strength, his possibilities, his reason."
Gherman Titov, Soviet cosmonaut, in The Seattle Daily Ti