Apostolic Succession

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Apostolic Succession

• Lecture 6
• Church
• Papacy
• Succession

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Covenant Timeline
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Divided Kingdom

• Gen 121-2 Promise of Kingdom to Abraham.
• 2 Sam 78-17 For ever promised to David.

Kingdom
Northern (722 BC) Assyrian Exile
Southern (586 BC) Babylonian Exile

• Mt 11 Jesus, son of David, son of Abraham.
• Mt 417 Repent, the Kingdom of Heaven is at
  hand.

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Covenant Timeline
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Identity and Authority

• Identity
• Jesus established his identity as the Son of God.
• Mt 5-7 Sermon on the Mount
• Mt 8-9 Jesus works miracles
• Mt 91-8
• Jesus claims to forgive sins of paralyzed man.
• Only God has the authority to forgive sins.
• Pharisees
• Leaders of Gods covenant family reject Jesus and
  lead the people astray.
• Jesus must appoint new shepherds to guide his
  covenant family.

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Appointment of New Leaders

• Mt 101 - And he called him his twelve disciples
  and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to
  cast them out, and heal every disease and every
  infirmity.
• Mt 107-8

• Jesus
• Taught with authority
• Preached the Kingdom
• Worked miracles
• Forgave sins

• Apostles
• Given authority
• Preached the Kingdom
• Work miracles
• Forgive sins

• In His name and with His power His Mission
• Mt 1040 - He who receives you receives me.
• Lk 1016 - He who hears you hears me, and he who
  rejects you rejects me.

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Importance of the Twelve

• Eph 217-21
• St. Paul tells us that the household of God is
  built upon the Apostles with Jesus as the
  cornerstone.
• Rev 219-14
• St. John tells us the kingdom of God is built
  upon the Apostles with Jesus as the cornerstone.
• Mt 1014-15
• If they will not listen to you it will go worse
  for them than it was for Sodom and Gomorrah.
• 1 Tim 315
• The Church is the pillar and bulwark of the truth.

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Institution of the Papacy

• Matthew 1615-21
• Verse 21 Jesus tells the apostles that he will
  be leaving.
• Verses 15-19 Jesus appoints a prime minister to
  stand in his place while he is gone.
• Isaiah 2215 20-23
• Prime Minister is being replaced by another.

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Eliakim - Is 2215-23 Peter - Mt 1618-20

• Keys (v 22)
• And I will place on his shoulder the key of the
  house of David.
• Authority
• He shall open, and none shall shut and he shall
  shut, and none shall open.
• Father (v 21)
• And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of
  Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
• Peg (v 23)
• And I will fasten him like a peg in a sure
  place, and he will become a throne of honor to
  his fathers house.

• Keys
• I will give you the keys of the kingdom of
  heaven.
• Authority
• And whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in
  heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be
  loosed in heaven.
• Father
• Peter is father of the Church. Pope comes from
  il papa.
• Peg
• The Church depends on the peg Pope. Without
  the Pope there is no unity.

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Good Shepherd

• Concept of Shepherd
• The Old Testament frequently referred to the
  Messiah as the Good Shepherd who must Feed, Rule,
  and Govern.
• I Pet 54 Peter calls Jesus the Chief Shepherd
• John 2115-17
• Feed my lambs
• Tend my sheep
• Feed my sheep

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Power and Permanence of Apostles

• Mt 1816-28
• All authority in heaven and on earth
• Baptize and Teach (all)
• Until the close of the age.
• Has the close of the age come about?
• How would Christ ensure his teaching would
  continue?
• Bible?
• Church?
• Successor of Judas
• Acts 115-26
• His office let another take.

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Succession Continues
Peter
John
Clement of Rome (80 AD)
Polycarp
Iranaeus (125-202 AD)
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