For much of Christian history, apostolicity has been narrowly defined in terms of institutional continuity and episcopal succession. Yet the New Testament and the earliest generations of Christians present a far more dynamic and spiritually grounded vision—one centered on fidelity to apostolic teaching, moral integrity, communal discernment, and missionary witness.
In Apostolicity Beyond Succession, this comprehensive theological study reexamines apostolicity through Scripture, early Christian writings, and historical development from the first century through the early fourth century. Drawing on the Gospels, Acts, the Pauline letters, and early sources such as Clement of Rome, the Didache, the Shepherd of Hermas, Ignatius of Antioch, Irenaeus, and Tertullian, the author demonstrates that apostolic continuity was not originally understood as a sacramental chain of ordinations, but as a lived faithfulness to the apostolic witness.
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