tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post6061011607962368817..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Where Are "Apostolic Succession" And "Authoritative Tradition" In Papias?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-4319030794569940942010-01-20T09:03:18.150-05:002010-01-20T09:03:18.150-05:00"His testimony was third-hand. He 'he rec..."His testimony was third-hand. He 'he received the doctrines of the faith from those who were their [the apostles'] friends.' What is that if not succession?" <br /><br />Dave is equivocating. In Catholicism, apostolic succession involves the notion that Peter, as the vicar of Christ, ordained successors, who, in turn, ordained successors, &c.–for the duration of the church age. It is bound up with presuppositions regarding Petrine primacy and valid holy orders.<br /><br />It's certainly not synonymous with oral tradition.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-25431328383704290452010-01-20T08:54:11.755-05:002010-01-20T08:54:11.755-05:00"But Jason dissents from his colleagues...&qu..."But Jason dissents from his colleagues..."<br /><br />i) If it came to that, Jason is certainly at liberty to dissent from his "colleagues." <br /><br />ii) Dave feels free to dissent from his "colleagues" on the morality of nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki. <br /><br />iii) However, I can't think of anything Jason said in this thread from which I'd dissent.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.com