[OLD REGGIE]

Act 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

Act 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Act 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

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Act 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

OK we are in agreement. Paul was ordained by Jesus, not the other Apostles, no "laying on of hands", no pretense of "Apostolic Succession".

[adiaireton8]

Apostles cannot receive their apostlehood from other apostles. So if you think that Paul's being made an apostle by Christ is a refutation of apostolic succession, then you don't understand the doctrine of apostolic succession.

-A8