As Jesus is the cornerstone upon which the Church is built, so are his teachings the unifying cornerstone of Christian doctrine.

Can those in Succession be Wrong

The Apostolic Succession:
In the First Two
Centuries of the Church
What is succession? It theorizes an unbroken line since the days of the Apostles. Some Baptists believe that there has always been a Christian group that practiced immersion style baptism. For seventh day churches it is the theory that there is an unbroken line of Christians who kept the seventh day Sabbath. For others it is the theory of apostolic succession, an unbroken line of ordinations from the early church. We don’t have to believe these theories, but let’s assume that one or the other is correct for the moment. Is there any guarantee in the Bible that someone in one of these successions would teach infallibly? Can those in succession be wrong? In Matthew 23:1-12 Jesus said that the scribes and Pharisees succeeded Moses and sat in his seat of authority. He also said that they were wrong.

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