Does Jerome Undermine Apostolic Succession?
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The Importance of Apostolic Succession
Jerome references this change he describes it as subsequent to John's epistles of second and third John so in letter 146 Jerome is recounting various of his biblical proof texts for this idea. Third and this is really the only and and the most decisive point the development according to Jerome is not of apostolic command and it is not binding upon the church according to Jerome. In other words the change to the mono episcopacy the idea of one bishop is not an apostolic institution how do we know that by the way?
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