Jesus Christ continues HIS ministry in His new covenant church thru Peter, the apostles, and their successors with the same mission, power, and authority!
Mt 16:18 Mt 28:19 Acts 1:17 acts 8:31 & 35 Lk 10:16 Jn 8:32 Jn 13:20 Jn 16:13
Jn 20:21-22 eph 2:20
(none of the so called reformers were apostles eph 2:20)
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The second you quote Luke (Book of Acts) you are arguing against the line of succession authority. (As well as Paul)
And history has shown that there have been greatly appreciated Apostles that have nothing to do with the Catholic Church's position of succession.
Where some people like to claim Adoniram Judson was America's first missionary it actually was George Lyle. His appointment by God was unmistakable.
The same thing goes for Myles Coverdale...his work in the promotion of the first English translation of scriptures cannot be denied.
Even more recently Billy Graham was another man who was an apostle of God's...I personally witnessed the thousands filling Oakland stadium field and bleachers listening intently to the man.
No one who was so not self aggrandizing but hugely popular could be anything but appointed by God.
God has never been capable of being bound by the strict structures of the Catholic faith.
Even Peter was himself amazed when he had to start Baptisms of Gentiles. (Cornelius)
The Ethiopian Eunuch that Phillip baptized wasn't exactly a line of succession authority either...he went on down to Africa to bring the Gospel to Candice.
Jude was never an apostle...but seemed good enough to write a letter of the new Testament.
Why would God fill the Book of Kings and Chronicles with stories about failed successive Kings if He didn't want us to get the clue that the rule of succession was NOT going to be a good idea?
And Ephesians 2:20 is not a good proof text for your argument...it is exactly proving my point in that Christianity is a sect of Judaism.