Apostolic succession
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23725307 |
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| Authors | Addie Mcgowan (0000-0003-1524-2988, corresponding author), Andrew Mcgowan |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah05023 |
| OpenAlex | W4210492915 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Early Christians shared their Jewish and other contemporaries' concern for continuous tradition from authoritative figures of the past. Although belief in Jesus changed existing traditional claims, Christians quickly sought to establish the authenticity of their beliefs, sacred writings, and especially their structures of leadership, in reference to the first followers of Jesus known as “apostles”. The idea of a succession that stemmed from the apostles came to have particular significance in controversies leading to the emergence of a normative or orthodox Christianity, and subsequently in the claims to particular authority of certain historic churches, not least that of Rome.
Apostles · Christianity · Early Christianity · Ecological succession · Epistemology · Judaism · Normative · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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