Please stop ... it is not the authority given by God to His Apostles that anyone here is arguing against.
Where do MEN get to claim that THEY have the authority that God gave the Apostles?
Where does GOD pass the authority from Apostles to their successors?
We have searched scripture and found NOTHING.
So show us the scripture that passes Apostolic Authority to "and their successors" or stop offering irrelevant scripture that has no part in our objection to the worldly authority claimed by a RCC that has strayed from the WORD OF GOD.
Jn 29:21-22 as the father sent me, I send you! Same mission power and authority
Christ had authority to choose apostles to be his successors so the apostles have same authority see acts 1 succession